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SCIENCE IN *BB YOUR LIFE ' T TT THE DOCTOR is IH PIBASC MS MMVBI vs L tVW - --A m Battling Blindness In a play by the famous English poet John Milton, the Biblical hero Samson mourns his blindness for condemning him “to live a life half dead, a living death.” Milton wrote feelingly with real knowledge— for he too was blinded when he was still in the prime of life. Men in every age have shared Milton's horror of blindness. The aixuction is particularly tragic « today, however, for in this time of increased medical knowledge, it is all too often an unnecessary one. “One-half of the nation’s total sightless persoqs might be able to see if they or their parents had taken proper precautions,” states the U. S. National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Eye infections should always be treated with care for they can, if unattended, cause blindness. A particularly dangerous period, medical experts inform us, is in fancy, when the eyes are most deli cate and susceptible to infections. Such infections, according to U.S. statistician Louis Dublin, rank among the chief causes of blind ness in the U.S. Fortunately, sci ence has made vast strides both in preventing and treating infections in the eyes of new-born babies. One of the more recent advances has been the use of the broad range antibiotic Terramycin for this purpose. Medical specialists have found Terramycin free from the side effects of silver nitrate, hitherto routinely applied to a new-born baby’s eyes to prevent infection. The drug, tested on 1,700 in fants at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, saved two out of three babies from “pink-eye” or con junctivitis, according to a medical report. In laboratory tests, Terramycin has also proved more effective than silver nitrate in killing the micro-organisms that are the com monest cause of eye infections in the new-born. Call 4231 , . . . for . . . CLASSIFIED AD SERVICE LOOK YOUR BEST - ALWAYS! We'll clean and press your clothes so they'll look better than new! ZEBULON DRY CLEANERS Phone 6163 Worth Hinton, Prop. GUARANTEED AUTO REPAIRS AND SAW FILING TUNE UPS — BRAKES RELINED STARTER, GENERATOR AND MOTOR REPAIR WINDSHIELDS & DOOR GLASS INSTALLED Repairs on All Types Mowing Machines ALL WORK GUARANTEED! SEAWELL'S SHOP LOCATED BACK OF PURE OIL STATION Phone 4197 ■ nothing takes THE PLACE f OF SOUND PROFESSIONAL SKILL! Attempting to choose your own remedies can be dangerous. Consult your physician! Then bring his prescription to us. MORGAN DRUGS A Washington Report SCIENCE. A group of senators headed by Senator Thye of Minne sota last week started a movement to encourage the training of more scientists. Under a resolution introduced by the group, including Senator W. Kerr Scott, a special joint com mittee of Congress would make a far-reaching study of why the United States is lagging behind in graining young scientists. The pro posed committee would also co operate with private industries and recommend ways the Federal gov ernment could help in producing more teachers and students of sci ence. BEHIND. “We are in good shape right now as far as actual working scientists are concerned,” Senator Scott said, “but we are lagging far behind in turning out new scien tists. In fact, our best information coming out of Russia today indi cates that the United States is graduating only about one half as many scientists and engineers from colleges and universities as the Soviet Union. This means that dark days are ahead unless we take drastic steps immediately.” It is becoming increasingly dif ficult, Scott said, to find teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. At the same time, fewer and fewer students are tak ing their majors in these and re lated fields. GRANTS. Scott said that in re cent years the Federal govern ment has increased its activities in the field of scientific research by boosting financial grants to indi vidual scientists and colleges and universities. “It may be wise,” he said, “to explore the possibilities of doing something similar for students and teachers of the basic sciences. But the ways and means are not nearly as important as positive action.” QUOTES. The November 14, 1952, issue of U. S. News and World Report makes some interest ing reading for those who are in clined to think about what has been happening in the past four years. The issue of the magazine in question was published in a matter of days after President Eisenhow er had been elected by a whopping vote. In part, it said: “Inflation is ending. Dollars gradually will be harder to come by. Deflation, of a moderate kind, will be accepted, not resisted. “Pay, at present rates, will seem better as cost of living declines. “Farm work will be more at tractive in another year.” Letter to the Editor Two years ago when renewing our subscription, I made the re mark that except for my electric se'rvice bill this paper is the big gest bargain in our budget. That still goes. E. C. and I both look forward to each issue just like mail from home. Our kindest regards to all of you. Bill Marley SMILE AWHILE Television has been described as a device that permits people who haven’t anything to do watch people who can’t do anything. • “I’d like to buy a comb,” she said. “Do you want a narrow man’s comb?” asked the clerk. “No,” she replied, “I want a comb for a stout man with rubber teeth.” t j Getting Up In The World IT WAS A WOMAN DRIVER! Kennett, Mo., policeman holds chin in disbelief as Mrs. Harrison Clay, Flint, Mich., explains how she drove car up guy wire where it hung at this precarious angle. Damage to car—bent hub cap. STILTED CONVERSATION — These two carnival performers make sure they have no “eaves droppers” while relating some tall tales on a London street corner. The occasion was a fes tival in Soho, a famed quarter* of London. (World Wido Photo.) EASTER LILY BERMUDA STYLE—Susan Selley, 19-month pretty youngster looks up to this giant Easter Lily. Susan would have to travel up 6 ft., 7 in., to reach the top of this stalk which grew wild in sunny Bermuda. HIGH ALTITUDE PUSH—These two operators of International TD-24, 200 hp, 20-ton bulldozers, seem to be trying to out-push each other. Actually, they arejhelping to build a road on top of a moun tain for the U. S. Marine Corps near Camp Pendleton. Over 65% of the 320,000 cu. yds. of material being moved is rock, but it is child’s play to these two giants. • It should be safe now to plant most warm season vegetable crops anywhere in the state east of the mountains. Tomato, eggplant and pepper plants should be hardened before transplanting to the field by withholding their water supply; that is, by keeping them on the dry side for a few days. Try some of the new bean va rieties this year. Wade, Contender and Seminole are excellent varie ties and they are almost immune to mosaic which sometimes re duces. the yield of Tendergreen considerably. Improved Stringless Blue Lake is an excellent pole bean, especially good for canning and freezing, and it is absolutely stringless. And then we have the popular Kentucky Wonder. It is time to talk about sweet corn again] There are a few gar deners who still plant early varie ties of field corn for roasting ears because the ears are large and there are not many earworms. However, once you have given real sweet corn a fair trial you will not be satisfied with field corn. There is no comparison in edible quality. Recommended varieties for both fresh use and for freezing are Seneca Chief, Golden Cross Bantam, and Ioana. These are all yellow varieties and are widely adapted. Corn is wind pollinated and therefore it is best to plant in blocks of two to three rows rather than in a single row. Emphasis is still being put on icebox size watermelons. The New Hampshire Midget variety which grows to the size of a cantaloupe ha^ become quite popular in the home garden. Hills may be spaced as close as five feet apart. A fault of this variety is that it be comes over-ripe very quickly. The best of them all, in my opinion, is the Japanese or Hybrid Seedless melon. It will average from 8 to 12 pounds in weight, and is of ex cellent quality. There are sel dom more than a dozen mature seeds in a melon. The rest of the seeds are undeveloped and may be eaten with the melon. Seeds for planting are quite expensive this year from six to eight cents per seed but the results are worth it. _ I can castor oil with orange juice so you won’t even taste it,” said his mother. “Good,” said Johnny. “I hate orange juice.”
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