The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 7, 1946, Page 4

* Precautions Against Polio By J. HARMAN BRODOWSKI ’ (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of a series of articles on the scientific against polio.) Summer months are considered the most favorable time to re- move children’s tonsils and ade- noids. However, the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly- sis in its list of precautions against. polio advises, “If possible, avoid tonsil .and.. adenoids. operations during epidemics.” Why?. Seientific studies in, recent yeaxs!/of .cases of infantile :pa- ralysis among children Have re- aa the.. startling t: that erious, even fatal attacks of the disease have followed ton- sil andradenoid operations. The most dramatic of “these studies took plaee in Akron, 0.,| in 1941, when infantile paralysis | suddenly struck a family, attack- H ing five ‘of the six children and killing three of them. Immediate- | lyjthe tragedy-stricken home in, Alton became the mecca of po-; lio scientists sent by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis | to investigate the “whys” of this tragic visitation. Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., of the John A. Toomey of Western Re- serve. University. spent months tracking down the numerous clues. Hundreds of specimens of blood, stool, milk, water, flies and even dust were collected and sent to laboratories for exhaustive tests. More than fifty of the | ‘amily’s friends and relatives! with whom their children had: been in contact were questioned | @pd examined. | By piecing together bits of, cir- | cumstantial evidence and the re- sults of laboratory tests, Drs. | Francis and Toomey finally were | able to reconstruct the strange tragedy at Akron. A few weeks previous to the polio attacks the two younger children had visited a young cousin, who, at the time, | {ket of an extracted tooth where ; Serious type of infantile paralysis. The medical G-men headed by | University of Michigan and Dr. | of infantile paralysis.” background of the safeguards bow Jewish Children’s Home in Detroit, Michigan. Of the twenty children cared for by the institution, there were five cases of polio, one of which ended fatally. Dr. Kramer, A. G Gilliam of the United States {Public Health Service and Dr, J. G. Molner of the Detroit De- partment of Health, reported that | three of the five polio cases, : in- eluding the fatal one, occurred in children whose tonsils had re- cently been removed. ~Experimentally in the labora- torias, Drs. Albert B. Sabin and Robert Ward of the University of ; Cincinnati showed that severe fatal attacks of infantile paraly- sis can be induced in monkeys by: injecting or rubbing live virus into the animal’s tonsils. Also other scientists revealed that in- troducing the virus into the soc- tiny nerve endings have been ex- posed, can lead to a rapid and In the face of such evidence, scientists are justified in saying, “If possible, avoid tonsil and ade- noid operations during epidemics Comptroller Roberts ; In Monthly Report — , To City Commission ‘City Comptroller Charles. Rob- erts, in his monthly report to. the City Comimission, last night an, nounced. the general revenue fund balance as of July 1, was $95,- 944.58; sewerage, operation and maintenance, $52,456.81, and fur- ther funds, $52,821.18. The Answers (QUESTIONS ON PAGE TWO) suffered a mild illness. Tests re- | vealed that this cousin had the; virus of infantile paralysis in his | body. The scientists deduced | that he had infected two young-! est children, who, in turn, had passed the infection on to their , older brothers and sisters. Sound as, this reasoning was it still did not explain why, if all six of. the children of the.family had, the infecting. virus in their. bodies, KAGE FOUR Insurance Benefits For Vets Liberalized By New Amendment »Now that insurance benefits to veterans have been materially extended and liberalized by the Addressograph recent amendment of the Nation- al Service Life Insurance Act of ; . 1940, all veterans of South-Flor- P urchased By ida are urged by Vernon S. Par- M t ker, manager of the Veterans Co ‘Administration Regional Office sonroe un! y at Miami, to start making plans)’ County commissioners. last for the changes they will wish to night approved @ bill of $4,402.10 make in reference to payments, for an,addressograph to be. used beneficiary clauses, endowments| by the county assessor. and. col- and other phases which now are lector... 4 in effect. . The. addressograph, the com- Parker has called special atten- | missioners:: were informed, » will tion to the new amendment! be ready for use in the assessor’s which entitles all persons who, and. collector’s offices when the served in the armed forces be-}next tax’ rolls and‘ statements tween October 8, 1940 and Sep-jare ‘prepared. ~ tember 2, 1945, to National Serv-|\ | After its: use, all records in ice Life Insurance in any amount! those offices will be kept “in up to $10,000, “This means that a! metal. Much reduction in work qualified veteran who never heldj will result from the use of the NSLI now can apply for a policy| machine, Collector Howard E. and those who do not hold a| Wilson said. full $10,000 policy ‘can apply for the full limit,” Parker said. A Good Policy Red Cross Names In addition to the recent amendments which make NSLI} 2 New Managers as good if not better than any policy a veteran can have, the} Ww, W. Jefferson, of Alexandria, VA has decentralized $6,000,000,-|'Va., has been named manager of 000 in NSLI policies from Wash-|the American Red Cross, South- ington and New’ York to the eastern: Area, to succeed John C. Southeastern Branch office in At-|'Wilson, who is being reassigned lanta in an effort to'handle in-’to ‘the Midwestern Area Office, dividual _ insurance matters for |St. oe Max wharging formedy i p | served, ing, to‘ai ed distor, 3 VA Deputy iment ‘made today Vy" Allan J. Sdminis cy aes i i Key Administrator for the five South- |Hampton, chairman of the 1 eastern states, has advised Park- |West Chapter of the American Red ‘Cross. The appointment and bef ae ‘|transfer ‘will be effective about The decentralization program September 1. went into effect August 7 and all} A ¢¢a, serving several months at veterans are urged to send all| national headquarters ‘as director correspondence concerning NSLI| of International Cooperation and policies directly to the Atlanta|/Service to Insular Chapters, Mr. office, instead of to Washington! Jefferson is now attending the or New York. convention of the League of Red Where To Pay Premiums Cross Sorieties an — Eng. ; He returne: Oo ‘is < country All, premium pasate pom early in-1946 after serving as di- Yeterans of Florida, Alabama, | vector of Red Cross Civilian War Georgia, Tennessee. and South Relief i . id P elief in the Mediterranean Thea Garaiea now should be mallod ter and as American Red Cross directly to Insurance Service delegate to the League of Red NSLI, Veterans Administration, Gross Societies. Branch No. 5, Atlanta 3, Georgia.! “since joining the organization Parker also revealed that veter-|in 1935, he has. held the post of i who live in the vicinity of| executive director of the Dade i¢ VA's Miami, Regional Office|County Chapter in Miami, Fla, may make payments in Ree as well as posts in the Eastern tothe agent cashier at the Din-} Area fat; nationa} ‘headqu: ner Key office. ; " ters. Up eiby o! ea Me > Parker urged that veterans al-| w: i in Petersburg pub- yinclude their full, name, | lic soi at*Hampden-Syd- policy number, and service serial|ney College. number with payments or other} , Correspondence in connection wah olices, Costume Street Pg d the new provisions of D ain Pl i¢ NSLI Act amendments, set- nned tlement.of any policy may be ance a iL made in a single lump sum to}. :specinl meeting was called beneficiaries, or the veteran may | ‘the Woman's USO on Duval elect for payments to be made in| street last night at which repre- equal. monthly _installments,| sentatives of the Key West Hotel varying at his desire, from 36 to Association, the Key West Busi- 240 months. ness Men’s Club and the Key -The veteran may assign the|West Business and Professional beneficiary interest to specified] Women’s Club were present. relatives of the insured, or hej: It was decided that these three may designate any person or per-jorganizations would sponsor a sons, corporation or his estate as| “Night of Joy” on,Monday, Sep- eneficiary in the policy under] tember 2, for celebrating the La- the new unrestricted clauses. Per Day program and would in- < : clude a community costume street bap i a Teaerance dance on Duval street. ‘Fotal. disability payments un-|’ “q), sponsoring organizations der the new Peyerione mean that are asking everyone in the city @ veteran who is totally disgbled to wear costumes, for which for as long as six months is:paid| prizes will be given. They said at the rate of $50 a month on a} further that every effort is being $10,000 policy, or $5 a month for| made to make the “Night of Joy” éach $1,000 of the policy he does} gala‘ affair. ‘ hold. vies : As originally issued, the per- me manent policies provided in NSLI FORMER CITIZEN were: Ordinary life, on which the policy holder pays for as long} Employed on The Citizen from as he lives; 20-payment life, on |1908’'to 1916, B.“W. Russell, re- which premiums are paid for} tired ‘Navy chief printer, is in only 20 years, and 30-payment|'Key West this week visiting with life. his ‘mother, Mrs. F. V. Russell, In addition to these types of ae resident and native Key policies the amendment provides! Wester. They are visiting rela- for 20-year endowment policies, tives at 320 William street. \ Retired after 23 years in the endowment at the age of 60 and ” endowment at the age of 65. On Navy, Russell found the printing all. of these endowment policies inal ued Be pened in aint the premiums must be paid for |) i. 7242 in rc Nav. pas is the indicated length of time, at ¥: the expiration of which the face . of the policy may be paid to a POLICE ARREST MAN veteran. FOR TAKING CHILD Endowment Plan A man who gave the name of PRINTER IN CITY) only. five of them developed. se- rious attacks of polio. Only One Survived But the scientists discovered the answer to that question. also. Less than'a week , before — the tragedy occurréd. the five. oldest children had jiindergone tonsil and adenoid;.operations. A few days later; one by one, all five | of the children developed infan-! tile paralysis which quickly be-! camé more serious. Despite im- mediate-hospitatization and good medical care, three of the affect- ed children died of the disease. The only one of the family’s six | children spared was the young- est, who had not undergone any | operation. There, the scientists | concluded, was the answer to the { July 17, 1945. 2. Four. 3. 1923. ‘4. No, 5. The second, or underwater explosion of an atomic bomb at whose study was aided by Dr.|° }and down the western or the threshold of independence. Portugal has had Indian col nies since 1510. Today the state ‘of Portuguese India takes in the ian Sea coast from Bomba sa population of abouts jis largely Catholic. / “The maintenai 1 ‘of Portuguese India,’ as a as a source of religious sytr- itual contact with the western world may be desired and to everybody’s advantage,” said D. Jose Vieira Alvernaz, Portuguese bishop of Cochin, British India, stopping in Liston on the way to declared war on a. huge. > market ring which has been ing, gangster tactics in getting hold of imports of vital commod- ities. Warning that it intends taking against those who permit the stocks to reach black market sources, the government said it may take over the entire distri- fate ' bution ‘of essential commodities. The black marketeers employ spies to watch withdrawals from the importers or wholesalers and demand supplies—sometimes the entire shipment. for which they pay cash. ; Often threatened, the importers or wholesalers prefer not to re-| visit two brothers in San Lean- dro, Calif. Found. Catholics Content The bishop added. that. Euro- peanized Portuguese Indians of | these colonies “apparently heart- ily cherish this hope,” though In- dian Catholics did not-oppose the Nationalist movement and were that their religious ib be-*éSpected by. all! en they have their own’ government,” he said. Goa, where Christian mission- aries Were at work early in the 16th century, is a center of In- dian Catholicism. St. Fraitcis Xavier is buried in a ‘convent in Old Goa, the capital up to 1903. Settlers Intermarried Only about 350 Europeans live | in the Portuguese territories. The rest of the people are of Indian, Portuguese or Indian-Portuguese descents Early Portuguese settlers intermarried widely among the Indians, especially the nobility. Portuguese Indians have spread over Asia and Africa and even to Europe. In Portugal, they have been ministers of foreign affairs and public works and supreme court judges. ‘ Bikini Lagoon. 6. $200,000,000 a year. 7. The propellers. 8. Republigan National Chair- man. 3. The river rises ‘in Germany and has its mouth in Rumania. 10. Yes; a bill in.the House would provide for a new calendar to be adopted on Jan. 1, 1950. It has been approved by the League of Nations. The Way To. Do It The dean of a college ‘was in- vestigating a charge made by some of the girls that the men who lived in the fraternity house fiext-oorforget-to~lewer“their shades. The dean looked out of the sor- rority window and said, “Why, I can’t see into any of the men’s fratetnity house windows.” “Oh, yes you can!” chorused the girls. “All you have to do question. Anesthesia, during operation, | results in a decrease in the| amount of oxygen in the. body’s | cells, robbing them of resistance | to. many disease germs. In addi-j tion, the exposure of tiny nerve endings in the raw wounds of thei operation opens up a direct path! of invasion for the virus of infan- tile paralysis. These were the factors responsible for the trag- edy. Other scientific studies have corroborated this. evidence. Dr. Sidney D. Kramer, a scientist of the Michigan State | Department of Health, whose work in polio was supported by the National Foundation, inves- tigated a number of infantile pa- ralysis cases which occurred in SPEEDY, SURE X RELIEF FOR ACID \/NOIGESTION research | oe is to get up on a chair.” Safe Glare Protection for Your Eyes The safety of your eyes in bright light jdepends on more than just colores i lenses of glass or celluloid. Ray-Ban, the scientific glare protection, is built to filter out excess harmful light, to fransmit rays useful for seeing. We have a choice of attractive sun glass styles. DR. J. A VALDES OPTOMETRIST Those veterans who have con- verted their term insurance to one of the previously authorized plans .are permitted under the amendments to change to one of the endowment plans. All persons who served in the armed forces during the ‘above mentioned period are entitled‘to NSLI in any amount up to $10,- 000. The applicant may have carried only $2,000. Now he may get $8,000 more. The veteran may lave no NSLI at all. Under the amendment he now may get a Policy in any amount up to the $10,000 limit. Parker pointed out that it will be several weeks before official papers will be available to the VA so that changes in beneficiary clauses, payment clauses and con- version to endowment and other ‘W. J. Matheny was arrested by city police Tuesday and charged with disorderly proceedings in jthat he carried away a four-year- »old ‘child. belonging ‘to a Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso, without the consent of, the parents. «Matheny was released on bond pot $250 for appearance today for (tial in municipal court. —_—_—_—_— type policies can be effected, Veterans will be notified through their newspapers when the VA will be equipped to serve them. 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