Science Helps Army's Criminal Sleuths Protect Innocent from Unjust Accusations CAMP GORDON, Ga. — The Criminal Investigation Laboratory of the Provost Marshal General , Center here is a neutral zone of justice where only scientific fact tip the scales. w^“We get the ■ same sense of achievement out,of proving inno cence as guilt,” says Major Leonard Bell, Torrence, Calif., laboratory I chief. "We don’t even want to know de LOTS OF “PLUCK”—Cathy McCartney, 4, of Des Plaines, 111., plucks a tune on a huge banjo at a music industry trade show In Chicago, where news at national revival of interest In the banjo made sweet music ' to the instrument makers' ears. LIFE 'Thousands of your fellow cM sens have found the way to family security through Farm Bureau Family Income proteo* tion. Don't put off what yon know you should attend to, be , cause of mistaken ideas of cost. Farm Bureau plans are built so you ™ afford theml Get the figures... no obligation. Call— THOMAS HOLLOWELL r MOUNT OLIVE FCX Dial 2421 - S. Center St. FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HOME OFFICE « COLUMBUS OHIO tails of a ease we are working on. Unconsciously, our testimony as expert witnesses in court might be colored if we knew more than that a piece of glass could not have come from a certain headlight or that a bullet was fired from a par ticular gun.” . , The laboratory, which serves Army installations and soldier-de fendants all over the United States,, receives approximately 70 cases a month, which are divided among five sections, according to type: chemical, photographic, firearms, documents, and fingerprints. Each section has its stories of achievement; many of these, hap pily, illustrate how science can re pudiate the most damning circum stantial evidence and set free an in nocent man. Take the ease of a private who was caught sleeping oft his guard house tower post.,His case seemed hopeless until the defense counsel came up with an idea: he insisted that, a sample of the pir from the tower be sent here for testing. Technicians in the chemical sec* tion bubbled the air through a test solution and came up with evi dence that acquitted the soldier. The air saiqple was filled with fumes that would cause drowsiness and eventually sleep—however strong the sense of duty prompting a soldier to wakefulness. The firearms section, headed by Captain Richard F. Burns of De troit, Mich., has known its share at drama. Recently, a soldier found in the vicinity when a taxicab driv er was shot was held because he was carrying a .49 caliber revolver —and the bullet in the victim’s txxly was from such a weapon. The slug from the body and the soldier’s revolver were both sent to the firearms section. However, a bullet fired from the revolver was so dissimilar from the lethal one that the laboratory technicians were able to give evidence that [Teed the soldier. The laboratory chief himself had i part in another firearms case. Bell, who worked for 17 years In the Akron, O., police department before becoming an Army MP, was instrumental in having a murder :harge changed to the lesser one }f homicide. The soldier had fired a weapon ind killed the victim yvho was in s small building. The prosecution :laimed the suspect had fired from within the building and deliberate ly Bell inspected the hole made by the ricochet of the bullet. The di rection the fibers of wood had been bent indicated a line of fire that would have had its source out >f the building; from that point t would have' been impossible for ;he suspect to see the person he shot' Bell’s evidence was accepted and the murder charge was dropped. So the 17 men in the only Army :riminal investigation laboratory ^SetfeMaytag1 Automatic waster rtftnnt&domaRctf \ Wafer level ^ ^ Cbntroll L J. Simmons MOUNT OLIVE HOG MARKET Live Hog Buyers V WE BUY HOGS EVERY DAY • Branch of Smithfiald Hog Market > On So. Canter St. and Haw Baautancot Road Known a* Old Enterprise Mill Buildinp P. O. BOX 1 PHONE 2532 Wm. R. LOFTIN, Mgr. in the United States—others are located in Germany and Japan— ;o about their daily business. Chief Warrant Officer George R. Bird of Augusta, Ga., head of the documents section, examines such questioned papers as checks, notes and birth certificates, using vari ous types of magnifiers to sort out the forgeries. MSgt. Roy C. Fite, Elizabethtown, Ky., and Sic Stirling N. Davis, Hilton Village, Va., are the labora tory’s fingerprint experts. This sec tion is responsible also for making molds of fingerprints, tire-marks, broken glass and similar objects that help identify the real offender. Herd, as in all activities of the Provost Marshal General's Office, the emphasis is on truth, hand maiden of justice. The only distinc tion between the technicians here and other MP’s is that they search for the truth that sets men free— or convicts them, as the case may be—jn test-tubes, retorts and ultra violent light. * Approximately $200,000 worth of instruments help them as they search. By any standards—human or material—the U. S. Army fig ures it a sound investment. ■ . >vv,., Health for All . TEN YEARS AFTER Patsy was in bed in the hospital. She had been there a long time, more than a year. Far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, the doc tors said. She was a very sick girl, and she wasn’t getting better. But one day the doctors said they had something new, a drug they called streptomycin. Careful experiment al work had been done on guinea pigs. Now they were ready to try it on human beings. Patsy was to be the first. That was a little over 10 years ago. Now Patsy is married, the busy mother of three active chil dren. When she goes out fishing or to a dance with her husband, she remembers that first shot of streptomycin. Today, the drug, much improved, is still being given with success to IB patients. But it has been joined by other drugs such as PAS (paraaminosalicylic acid) and isoniazid which Improve even more the TB patient’s chances of getting well. Even though the treatment used on Patsy was in adequate by today’s standards, the first of the antituberculosis drugs saved her life and went on to save many others. In a scientific paper reporting on Patsy’s story, the doctors who pioneered in streptomycin recall ed that experiments to determine the effect of the\ drug on TB were still in progress when Patsy got hear first shot. “However, the suppressive effect had appeared so striking among guinea pigs that everyone concerned, including the patient herself, was eager to try the drug when her condition indi cated the need for just such a suppressive effect.” Because of lack of knowledge about the drug and the extremely limited amount available, very small amounts were given at first. Later, dosage was increased. Two and a half years after her first dose of streptomycin Patsy left the hospital, her disease arrested. Regular check-ups have showed that she is keeping well in spite >f a very active life. The happy ending of Patsy’s story has been duplicated tens of thousands of times in the short history of antituberculosis drugs. 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' ‘ j tow PACKAGE RATtS ' PRIVI-YOURSIlE special low zate ••• *29.95. '"' v'1': ^ V"': : Includes 100 tnlUe V J, • ms MtviHo. New Ford or Chevrolet. . ATLANTA BOSTON CHICAGO NEW ORLEANS IPIPE THIS—Farmer prepares to lay plastic pipe with this auto matic device on a plot of land near Franklin, Pa., where the labor saving mechanism is manufactured. Disposable reels holding up to.600 feet of piping are attached to the machine, which is con structed for a three-point hitch, but which is adaptable to any farm tractor, according to the manufacturer. Operating at tractor speed, it is designed to uncover a french, lay pipe 14 to 20 inchesj deep and back-fill after itself, at the rate of 100 feet per minute. WHY A GOOD CONTAINER?— Miss Nita Orr, specialist in food conservation, frozen food depart ment, says milk cartons are for milk, not to freeze food in',, and they are not satisfactory for that purpose. This is true when they are clean and new before they have been used for milk. It is doubly true after milk has been in the container, for then there is no way to get it clean. It follows that even if it could be cleaned, it still would not be good to use for frozen foods. It’s not made out of the proper material—cardboard cartons made for frozen foods have special treatment to protect the food when it is stored at low tem peratures. This carton is fine for fresh milk—convenient, inexpen sive, easily disposable—so leave it to milk! It has no re-use value as a food container and no value as a frozen food container. You ask: '‘Why isn’t the milk HEEDS DAD: TAKES $32,000 New York — Although he is 55 years old, Gino Prato takes his father’s advice. Prato, destined to! receive $32,000 on a radio-TV give away program, could have taken the chance of answering just one more question and, if answered correctly, received $64,000, receiv ed a cable from his father in Italy, which advised: “Stop where you are. That’s" enough this way. Regards Daddy.” So, Prato took a check for the $32,000 he had won, saying. “Because I take my daddy’s advice all my life, I ac cept.” carton, the fresh oyster cup, the ice cream carton, all right to use for my frozen peas, beans, straw berries and sausage? Why is butch er paper or household aluminum foil all right to use for wrapping pork chops, beef roasts and lamb patties?” The packaging expert gives an swers such as: “Material used*for wrapping pork must be an oxygen barrier. It is necessary that frozen food containers and packaging ma terials have low moisture-vapor transmission ..To us that means using containers and packaging ma terials that will keep all the fresh ness inside the package while it’s being frozen and throughout stor age in the freezer locker. Farm Briefs Wage hikes in major industries such as auto and steel will mean higher prices for farm machinery. .Animals with pinkeye should be isolated in a cool, darkened barn. They need veterinary attention. Young corn plants resist borers better than older ones. tFeeds containing stilbestrol should not be fed to show steers. There is now scientific evidence that vitamin D fed in large doses to cows in herds where accurate breeding dates have been kept may prevent milk fever. Cows in herds that subscribe to the Dairy Herd Improvement As sociation testing service produce almost twice as much milk as the average North Carolina cow. -a • TRIBUNE WANT ADS • HELP WANTED WANTED — First clast Chevrolet mechanic. Apply at Hatcher Smith Motor Company, Inc., Mount Olive.tfc WANTED—Supervisor for kinder garten and nursery school at col ored community center. Apply in person to Y. H. Musgrave. tfc LOST & FOUND STOLEN FROM beside Skipper's > Grocery Friday p.m., a boy’s red and white Western Flyer bicycle with basket. Anyone having infor mation concerning this bicycle is asked to contact H. J. Skipper. 9-2p FOR RENT FOR RENT — Apartment, 268 W. College Street. Four rooms and bath. water heater, wired for range. Private entrance. See Jack Barfield.__ tfc FOR RENT — two-bedroom house. See Paul Garrison at W. R. Jen nette Furniture Co., Mount Olive. FOR RENT — Downstairs apart ment on N. Center street See or_phone_ F. E. Byrd, 2347. tfc FOR RENT — 4-Room apt. on E. James St. See or call Faison E. Byrd, Dial 2347. . tfc. WANTED WANTED TO BUY — Form and timberland, preferably in Wayne County. Contact J. A. Best, 312 E. Pollock St., Mount Olive, or phone 2448, Clinton.9-16p BUSINESS SERVICE TYPEWRITER-ADDING machines repaired. New Royal typewriters for every need. Call Goldsboro 251, Worley Typewriter Exchange, 105W N. Center Street. TF-c KODAK FILMS — Developed fcc per print. Mall oiders accepted. Portraits made, copies made from old photographs. Kraft’k Studio, near post office. Mount Olive, tfc ROOF LEAKING? — Or electrical appliances need painting? Then see Bay Howard, Mount Olive, for prompt, reasonably-priced service. ; _ ’ 8-3 Oc ■ FOR HOMS — or business wiring of all types, or appliance repairs, contact Jackson Electric Co., dial 2381, 211 W. John Street. Licensed contractors. _ tfc (JPHOLSTERV —' Herring's OpKoT stery shop for upholstering fur niture, slip covers, drapes, cornices car seat covers, upholstered seats. Sample of all materials. Pick up and delivery. Dial 3387, Mount Ol ivo. Address Albertson. 9-30p tV SALES AND SERVICE — See ; Sylvanla’s famous “Halo Light" picture! We service what we sell and others too! Sutton Electric Co., Mount Olive. tfc MISCELLANEOUS DANCING CLASSES being formed for tap, ballet (age 3 years and up) and ballroom (8 years and up). School will begin September 19. Call Jpsie Graves, 2220. , 9-15c UNBREAKABLE CRYSTALS—put in while you wait. Guaranteed watch and jewelry repairs. Daugh try Jewel Box, Center street, Mount Olive. . tfc LOOKI — Need Money? We loan $10 to $100 on your furniture, appliances or automobile. Our serv ice supervised by N. C. State. Bank ing Commission. Fidelity Finance Co* Goldsboro, phone 4500, 122 N. John street. tfc FOR SALE BOYS WEAR—from infant to 16 year sizes, in complete selections are carried by Ethel’s Shot>pes in Mount Olive and Faison. Remem ber this, mothers, when you shop for back-to-school clothes. 8-30c FOR SALE—Now Abruzzi seed rye, 96 per cent germination, 99 per cent pure. Grown on our own farms. R. B. Warren, Mount Ol ive.' 86c PRICES REDUCED — on used .ranges and refrigerators. Trade ins on new GE appliances. All in excelent condition, and priced just right. See us today. Summerlin Electrical Service. Mount Olive, tfc WE _ ARE HANDLING — Baby Chicks. Come see us. - Prices iL Ed Lewis. Mount Olive, tfc **..APLETE — Selection of skirts and sweaters for back-to-school tyear by girls of all ages now in stock at Ethel’s Shoppes, Mount “■jive and Faison. 8-30c jgyi FOR SALE—6, 7, S, and lO-ft. ereo soted posts. Large and small lots of ; lumber treated. Any quantity i sale. Newton Grove Creosoting Newton Grove. N. C. tfcc NfcW FALL HATS—Are arriving laily at our store. Make your :tion early and be ready for occasion. Ethel’s Shoppes, in int Olive and Faison. 8-30c SALE — Black Hawk corn ticker in excellent condition. i Mount Olive FCX Service. 30c mitWSl ^ LOWE'S SIRiSTONS STOM / Mount Ollvt mmwww*^***.1“** ABOUT YbUR HOME By PRANCKS DBLL Color is one of the most import ant considerations in decorating a child’s room. Bright, clear colors are preferred. It seems children are not inhibited about color as adults. Parents have made pink and blue popular for babied* However, if a baby is given a choice between pink or red he will choose red every time. It has long been known that primary colors appeal to youngsters. The seven and eight-year-olds will have very definite ideas con cerning colors. It is wise for par ents to encourage these ideas. It is only natural that as they grow older, approaching high school and college, they will begin^to like more sophisticated color combi nations. These colors usually have a much grayer tone than their for mer choices. When choosing furniture for the children’s room try to find a ver satile type that will be interchange able and not limited to any one room. It should be able to contin ue its usefulness as the family grows. Beds that can later double as sofas are good. Be as practical as possible in the choice of rugs and fabrics. The do-it-yourself ideas are per fect for a child’s room. Pictures he can paint or a piece of furniture he .can help build will encourage a child’s individuality. Frame some of the childs origi nal paints for the walls if the idea pleases him. Encourage him to take an interest in decorating his room and it will follow that his pride in the room will cause him to take care of the furnishings. • The Farm • • Question Box • QUESTION: What precautions should I take when friends want to visit my chicken houses? ANSWER: If visitors must come in, be sure they wear rubber foot wear and wash them clean of yard dirt before leaving. However, take as few people as possible into your poultry house. QUESTION: What is the best way to keep land from eroding? ANSWER: When It comes to holding the soil, controlling erosion, and checking run-off, a good sod is hard to beat. Consider this when planning conservation practices to be carried out this fall. QUESTION: What does it cost to keep a “cull” chieken? ANSWER: R. S. Dearstyne of the State college poultry science de partment says that when birds reach sexual maturity, the poultry man has about $1.75 in each bird. Since it’s doubtful that he can net over $1.00 each on his culls, be loses 75 cents on each cull he raises. BURIED IN WEDDING DRESS Glendale, Calif.—Susan Ball, the beautiful actress who recently died of cancer, just a year after her marriage to Actor Richard Long, was buried in her wedding dress. Dr. Louis H. Evans, Presbyterian minister, who conducted the serv ices, later said, “On the stage of life she won an Oscar for courage by the help of God. She taught us what it was like to wear the body like a loose garment. It never con stricted her soul nor strangled her spirit.” \ -L_ Hie highest Commodity Credit Corporation cotton support prices in America are available to North, Carolina’s farmers due to 'thei? close proximity to mills, according to W. Glenn Tussey, extension farm management and marketing spe cialist. > Tussey emphasizes, however, that to receive the' highest dollar for their cotton, farmers should ex ert every effort to harvest, handle, and gin quality cotton. A sample from each bale should be submitted for government class ification to the Raleigh Classing of fice. This unbiased grade and sta ple report, coupled with use of market news information, will thaa enable the farmer to make the wisest marketing decision, to sell, to hold, or to receive CCC support prices by securing a/ government loan. The support price for the pre dominating N. C. grade and staple length (middlipg, 1 1/32 inches) Is 38.15 cents per pound in the Pied mont and 38.05 in Eastern Carolina, according to Tussey. | This is the critical period for the strawberry bed. Either the crab grass is choking the plants out or dry weather is killing them. For that reason many of our home gardeners are resorting to fall planting which I’ll discuss in a lat er article. However,'market garden ers are concerned with low costs and high production and therefore must continue to practice spring planting and the development of a matted row bed. You probably have observed that as soon as the spring crop was harvested the old plants began to send out many runners which pro duced runner plants which caught root in the soU along the row. In the heat of late summer not many runners are produced but in Sep tember and October the runner for mation is heavy again. However, our scientists have found that run ner plants rooted in early summer will produce about twice as many berries as plants rooted in the fall. For that reason you should make an effort to save the early runner plants and keep them growing. During late August in the moun tains and during early September in the eastern part of the state is the proper time to apply ferti lizer to strawberries. If you have RATTLER IN JEEP ROUTS TWO Portsmouth, Va.-»Capt. John F. West and Capt. George N. Sanders were riding along the highway at 40-miles-per-hour clip when a rat tlesnake reared its head 'between them. Saunders took one look and jumped—into a ditch, head first. West stuck it out a few moments and deciding discretion was the better part of valor, jumped too. The jeep jumped, too, into a ditch, but was unscathed. The snake slith ered off into the grass. a narrdw row the fertilizer can be applied in a shallow furrow on each side of the row. If you have a wide matted row it will be nec essary to apply some of the ferti-. llzer on top of the plants in the center of the row when the leaves are dry and then brush the .ferti lizer off the plants, The recom mended fertilizer application J is 700 pounds of an 8-8-8 mixture per acre which is equivalent to abotit three quarts per 100 feet of row. * . 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