SECTION TWO—
28th Annual Meeting
American Red Cross
Scheduled'June 22-24
A"
First to Be Held In Na
tion’s Capital Since
1941
Several thousand delegates from all
parts of the nation will meet in Wash
ington June 22-24 for the 28th annual
convention of the American National
Red Cross —the first to be held in
the nation's capital since 1941.
With “Answering the Call” as its
theme, the convention proper will be
gin with a plenary session in Consti
tution Hall the morning of June 22.
After the procession of the color
guard and some 200 volunteers from i'
chapters in the district of Columbia J
metropolitan area, E. Roland Harri
man, national Red Cross president,
will make his annual report to the
delegates.
Because the . convention this year
will emphasize close-up panel discus
sions of Red Cross services, general
meetings will be confined to two, be
sides the opening and closing plenary
sessions. Monday night the subject,
“What Is the Call—the Needs of the
Civilian and Military Communities,”
will be discussed by two outstanding
speakers, one representing the local
community, the other the federal civil
government and the armed forces.
Tuesday afternoon, Livingston L.
Blair, national director of the Ameri
can Junior Red Cross, will report on
the national and international Junior
Red Cross program. The annual Jun
ior Red Cross banquet will be held that
night. No separate Junior Red Cross
section of the convention will be held
this year, since junior members will
participate fully in all other conven
tion sessions.
-The annual board of governors re
ception will be held Tuesday afternoon
at the National Gallery of Art.
The closing plenary session of the
convention will be held Wednesday af
ternoon, and the final meeting, for
which the program is now in prepa
ration, will be held Wednesday night.
GAMMA
AND POLIO
(A Summary of Questions
and Answers)
1. What is gamma globulin?
It is the disease-fighting part of
human blood which contains substanc
es called intibodies. When polio virus
attacks the body, the body fights back
by building up special polio antibod
ies.
2. How does GG fight polio?
By provding polio antibodies in
the bloodstream which entrap the vir
us before it has a chance to attack
nerve cells. These antibodies attach
themselves to the virus, making it in
capable of damaging the nerve cells.
Paralysis results only when nerve
cells are damaged by the virus.
3. How long does GG-induced im
munity last ?
Approximately five weeks, if giv
en proper doses based on body weight.
4. Does GG always work?
No, but if injected at the right
time and in proper amount it may pro
vide some protection against paralysis,
according to March of Dimes-support
ed tests made in 1951 and 1952. Once
the virus has left the bloodstream and
reached the nerve cells,. GG cannot
alter the course of the disease.
5. Is GG a cure for polio?
No, At best it is a temporary
preventive. There is no cure for polio
once the nerve cells have been affect
ed. But 50 per cent of all patients re
cover completely, 30 per cent recover
with only slight weaknesses, 14 per 1
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cent are parlyzed and only 6 per cent
die.
6. Is it expensive to buy?
You should not be able to buy
GG this year. All GG has been placed
in a national stockpile under control
of the Office of Defense Mobilization,
a government agency. The GG was
furnished by the American National
Red Cross, the Department of De
fense and the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
7. How is it being distributed?
GG, being a part of blood which
is a national resource in short supply,
is allocated and distributed by the Of
fice of Defense Mobilization, a federal
agency. It will be apportioned among
State and Territorial Health Officers
who will decide where and when and
to whom it may be given.
8. Is there a source of GG other
than human blood?
No.
9. Is GG used for other diseases be
sides polio ?
, Yes. Its greatest use up to this
*year has been for measles. It is now
I used also for infectious hepatitis, a
form of jaundice. Supplies for use
against these two diseases, as well as
polio, are being allocated by the ODM.
10. What is the dose for polio and
how much blood does it take?
The dose is based on body weight
of the child to be temporarily pro
tected—4.l4 cubic centimeters per
pound of weight. It takes a pint of
blood to produce about 7 cc’s of gam
ma globulin, enough for a 50-lb. child.
11. Is commercial GG different from
that made from Red Cross-collected
blood ?
Probably not. Red Cross GG, the
kind that was used in March of Dimes
field tests last year, was made from
the pooled blood of many donors who
lived in many parts of the country.
Therefore, it probably contained anti
bodies to all three of the known polio
viruses. Commercial GG is being test
ed now to determine whether all three
kinds of antibodies are in it. This is
important because protection against
one of the polio viruses does not pro
vide protection against the other two.
12. Why does a GG shot last such a
short time?
Because GG is gradually elimi
nated by the body. After about five
weeks the level of antibodies is too
low to afford protection against polio.
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MYSTERY OF SINGER
MARIO LANZA
In a two-part series, Adela Rogers
St. Johns, famous writer, clears up the
mystery surrounding Mario Lanza’s
difficulties with his studio, reviews his
career and sheds new light on much
of the controversy surrounding him.
Look for this feature in the June 14th
issue of
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Question: How can I rid my hogs
of roundworm?
Answer: Sodium fluoride has been
found to be a safe and' simple drug
to use in worming hogs of large in
testinal round worms. The round
worm is the most comtnon of all
worms that may infest hogs, and it
causes considerable financial loss to
North Carolina hog producers each
years. While hogs of any age may be
wormed with sodium fluoride, it is
generally accepted that the best time
is about two weeks after weaning.
See your county agent for more com
plete details.
Question: How can I save* fuel
when curing tobacco this year?
Answer: Proper insulation of your
bam is all important. Be sure the
side walls and ceiling of the building
are properly insulated. If there is
much air leakage, these slight repairs
will save considerable fuel. Bams
having tight double walls with heavy
RETURNS ON USS ROANOKE
Seaman Charles L. Haste was
among a group to return on the USS
Roanoke after spending six months in
the Mediterranean with the Sixth
Fleet.
Mr. Peanut Farmer
Well Buy Your Left-Over
Shelled'Seed Peanuts
[Un-Treated]
Open Saturdays Until .
12 O’clock
Jimbo’s Jumbos, Inc.
(Next Door to Albemarle Peanut Company)
EDENTON, N. C.
i building paper between the roof
sheathing to present air leakage may
1 not need insulation. Your county
’ agent has a new booklet on ridge ven-
I tilators, and bam construction in gen
eral.
Question: How can I get rid of de
-1 pluming mites in my chickens?
Answer: The depluming mite, a
very small parasite which penetrates
! the skin of the fowl near the base
of the feathers, causes discomfort and j
may result in the chicken depluming
itself by plucking out the feathers at
the base of which the mite is located.
The parasite is difficult to control.
Houses must be thoroughly cleaned
as soon as infestation is detected. Af
fected birds should be removed from
the flock and treated individually.
Sulphur ointment consisting of one
part flowers of sulphur and four parts
lard or vaseline may be applied to the
y affected regions.
Good Advice
Mechanic: “My advice is to keep
that car of yours moving.”
Owner: “Why?”
Mechanic: “Well, if you ever stop,
the cops will thing it’s an accident.”
Rebellion ’
A statistician took his children to
the zoo one Saturday. Later he hand
ed his wife ‘this memorandum -on the
day's activities: ‘
Dried tears 11 times; tied shoes 13
times; balloons bought 8 per child;,
balloons' average life 13 seconds; told I
children not to cross the street 21 1
times; children crossed the street 21 |
times; average number of Saturdays
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EDENTON, N. C.
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