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Brazil Good Reich Customer.

Brazil is buying more goods from
Germany than from any other coun-
try.
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FAIRFAX PRIEST SENT
TO HARPERS FERRY

Changes in Three Catholic Par
ishes in Eastern West Virginia
Panhandle Announced.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Septem-
Der 30-Changes in the pastorates OF
three Catholic parishes In the Eastern
Panhandle OF West Virginia were dis
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AMERICAN NAVY HONORS SAILOR KING

BtshP New York and Admiral Rodman
OF british Royalty Time When Standard Was
Man-ofWar-Coonaion Glamour
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stealthy undersea craft, the wolves
Of the ocean a generation back
There will be chatting of days in the
Grand Fleet, shrouded in mist, some
where between Scotland and Norway
and they scouting for the enemy feet
the Imperial High Seas Fleet of
Germany. There will be a discussion
OF the navy yesterday-and today
and, mayhap-tOmorroW.
For Admiral Rodman, the Kentuck-
ian, is bridge between those World
War years af1oat and today, but his
service stretches back to the times
Of the windjammers-and he will be
able to tell the King some tales OF
them, too. But, in all probability
when Admiral Rodman and King
George vi get a moment together,
the conversation will turn to that
other George that sat recently upon
Britains throne-the Fifth George,
the father or him who is to be
crowned. For Admiral Rodman and
King George v were good friends and
spent many hours together during
their strenuous war days.
And now, it's back to Britain for
the admiral, under more peaceful
circumstances. He lives here at the
WeStmoreland Apartment House, 2l22
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under British admirals who were his
superiors. At others he was COM
manding British junior admirals.
Doubtless he will meet many of them
in London and they will reminisce over
their days together during the hectic
war time in the drab North Sea
how the American warships became
integrated with the British Grand
Fleet and operation went smoothly.
Upon one historic occasion during
the war the American squadron was
in the vanguard. leading projected
attack on the German high seas fleet,
but the seamen Of the Fatherland
thought better Of it and changed po-
sition before contact actually was
made. And so the American battle
ships were deprived Of the honor OF
leading the British warships into
battle.
PERIODICALLY, the American bat
tleships had brushes with the
German U-boats. The flagship New
York was rammed on one occasion
and her bottom dented and her star
board propeller demolished. On her
way into drydock to get repaired
three torpedoes were launched at the
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Rare Gas, Owned Largely by American
Government, Has Been Found to Have
Great Value in Caisson Disease and
Breathing Needs.

operated and controlled, and the dis
tribution Of the product Is in the
hands of the Government. Up to
June, 1886, the plant at Amarillo,
Tex, had turned out 73,35o,975 cubic
feet since April, 1921, with a pro-
duction Of 4.663,355 cubic feet from
July, 1885, to June, 1886, according
to testimony offered by the United
States Bureau of Mines at the recent
hearings.
OF this amount about $4,000 cubic
feet have been supplied to the United
States Public Health Service, which
is cooperating with certain hospitals
throughout the country in the medi-
cal use Of helium. Persistent re-
quests by doctors and hospitals for
the gas for medical use indicate q
new and growing demand that the
Government Is making ready to meet.
THE use Of helium for medical
purposes is practically new in
the history Of therapy. And the dis
covery OF its Importance in this field
is the result of extensive experiments
conducted by the United States Public
Health Service, in cooperation with
the Bureau Of Mines, extending over
a period of years.
The experiments began when DR..
R. R. Sayers, assigned to the Bureau
of Mines from the Health Service,
began series of Investigations with
w. P. Yant, associate chemist OF the
Bureau of Mines, and j. H. Hide
brand, professor Of chemistry Of the
University Of California and consult
ing chemist Of the Bureau of Mines,
to study the use OF helium-oxygen
mixtures in the mitigation Of caisson
disease.
This disease results from working
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Salvage Work and Diving Operations Made
More Effective Through Methods Which
Utilize Rare Element Tribute at
Bureau of Mines.
Bureau of Mines.

The gas was found to be as agreeable
and pleasant as normal air.
The peculiar properties OF helium
gas and their effect upon the human
body have been turned to account by
physicians everywhere, and there is
a growing tendency to rely upon this
element in cases where the patient
experiences difficulty In breathing the
ordinary atmosphere of nitrogen and
oxygen. Patients who, because OF
asthmatic or other respiratory diseases,
cannot inhale or physiologically con-
sumo ordinary atmosphere to retain
the spark of life, have been found to
respond with almost miraculous ease
to the properties Of helium-oxygen
atmosphere.
One OF the greatest drawbacks to
the use Of the gas as therapeutic
agent has been, heretofore, its great
expense. But whereas in 1917, when
helium first became important as q
gas to be used as lifting medium for
balloons and airships, 1t was selling
in small quantities at the rate Of
$4,000 per cubic foot, it is now pro-
duced at the Bureau Of Mines Amar-
lilo helium plant in millions Of cubic
feet, with operating costs of less than
cent per cubic foot.
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1917. They were cheered by Admir- al
Beatty and the officers and crew Of
H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth-and other
units Of the British fleet.
And then the Americans in the
North Sea served under Admiral
later Earl-Beatty. Around the Ork-
ney and Shetland Islands, north Of
Scotland. the American warships, un-
der Admiral Rodman, played hide and
seek with Kaiser Wilhelms U-boats.
But the watery battle line extended to
Norway and the Skagerrack-and
Denmark, with Heligoland occupying
very prominent part in the picture.
For year Admiral Rodman served
in the Grand Fleet and was able to say
later that there was never the slight
est friction, petty Jealousy, misun-
derstanding or any serious personal
obstacle to overcome.
The American warships adopted the
British signal code, visual and other
wise, and even the secret code Of the
London government was utilized. The
American battleships were assigned
one of the two fast wings Of the bat
tleship force and until the end Of the
conflict held this important position.
At times Admiral Rodman served
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York and she Is due back around May
30-Memorial day-at Annapolis, Md
Then the New York is to participate
in the midshipmen's practice cruise
with the U. S. S. Arkansas and
U. S. S. Wyoming. The vessels will
visit Germany, Greece and Italy. En-
route to Kiel the squadron will transit
the famous Kiel Canal, the Navy De-
partment announces. The midShip-
men will leave Annapolis on June T.
Upon their return to these shores, the
latter part Of August, the vessels will
rehearse and fire short-range battle
practice on the southern drill grounds
off the Virginia capes.
Commanding the U S. S. New York
is Capt. L. F. Welsh, u S. Navy. Ad-
miral Rodman himself commanded
the vessel as younger officer, prior to
his designation as commander of the
9Th Battle Squadron of the Grand
Fleet during the war. The commander
in chief of the Grand Fleet at that
time was the late Admiral Sir David
Beatty of the Royal Navy of Britain.
One Of the worst storms in Admiral
Rodman's experience was encountered
when gale overlook the division Of
American battleships in November,
1917, off the Newfoundland Banks, as
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NAL breathing functions to individuals
who were suffering from any of the
respiratory diseases or acute attacks
Of any nature retarding breathing
operations.
by COMPARING the solubility Of
helium and nitrogen, the expert
mentors discovered that helium was
not only possessed Of the advantage
OF lower solubility, but of greater
diffusivity than nitrogen. Since it Is
the nitrogen that is breathed in dur
ing compression that is responsible
for bubbles forming in the blood, 1t
occurred to the experimenters that
such gas as helium, which was less
soluble and diffused more widely, If
substituted for the nitrogen, would
eliminate the possibility of the dis
eased condition known as 'the bends"
Helium, as the lighter of the two
gases, they felt, would diffuSe through
and come out Of the tissues and body
fluids more readily than nitrogen.
With this in mind, they experimental
on white rats, and later on guinea
pigs, making comparative tests with
helium and with nitrogen. The re-
suits of these tests gave relative data
that can be applied to men with
fair degree of accuracy. Small ami
mails were found to stand more rapid
decomposition than man.
The periods of exposure varied from
one to five hours, to study the effects
of the helium. For the purpose of de-
veloping and exaggerating any dele
ferrous effects the same animals were
subjected to repeated exposure. Some
were later killed and examined for
pathological symptoms, and the re-
mainder were observed for several
weeks for the development of any
unusual symptoms. The tests were
conducted in an especially constructed
pressure chamber, in which the effect
on the subject was the same as in a
diving suit under water.
A comparative examination Of all
results of these tests gave clear evi-
dence that the condition of animals
exposed to the helium-oxygen mix
lures was far better than that Of AMI.
mails who had been subjected to nitro
gen-oxygen mixtures. It was ascer-
tanned from these tests that divers or
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China Turns to Ancients.

CHINA, no stranger to famine, has
~ decided to go back hundreds OF
years to the days Of the ever-normal
granary and will establish a system
of nation wide storage points which
will have a capacity Of 100000, 900
bushels of grain.
For several years the government
has been studying the problem Of
developing ample stocks Of millet, rice,
wheat and kaoling. Details are still
to be perfected.
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California street. On April %, he
sailed, with Gen. John J. Pershing,
World War commander of the A. E. F.,
from New York on the S. S. President
Harding. Gen. Pershing is also rep
resenting the American Government
at the coronation, as is James
w. Gerard, former Ambassador to
Germany, who is Special Ambassador
on this occasion, and left some time
ago for England
The President Harding was due at
Plymouth, England, on May 6. Ad-
mlral Rodman proposed to spend some
time motoring in the south of England
before proceeding on May to London,
where he will stay at the Ritz, as one
OF the official guests Of the King
FOLLOWING the coronation, Ad-
miral Rodman is to stay in Lon
don for a time and then witness the
review of the British fleet on May 20
at Spithead, off the south coast of
England. The admiral's old flagship,
the U. S. S. New York, will be in the
line OF foreign worships, viewing the
procession Of Bntain's floating
fotresses.
Admiral Rodman is scheduled to re-
turn to the United States in the New
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his outfit was en- route to the British
Isles. The wind was estimated to
have reached 100 miles an hour.
The high wind whipped away heavy
stanchions, twisted steel plates and
ripped off boat davits. The green seas
poured over the decks and ships were
tossed about like corks Frequently
the wind shifted. making maneuvering
the more difficult.
The 28000-ton New York, flagship
Of Admiral Rodman, was put to a
test but her makers had builded well
and she rode out the gale successfully.
AS her former commanding officer
the admiral knew her peculiarities.
Her commanding officer during the
war was the late Capt. Charles F.
Hughes, later chief of naval opera
lions, an efficient seaman.
p Ado was forbidden on that cruise
of secrecy, so visual signals had
to be resorted to. And through the
thick weather they were barely visi-
BILE. Capt. Jonas Ingram, famous
foot ball player and coach at the
Naval Academy. was Admiral Rod
mans flag lieutenant.
The American fleet Of battleships
reached Scapa Flow on December 7,
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By Lucy Salamanca.

TINE United States Government
has been urged to sell helium
at cost for medical use, so
4 important factor has this
natural gas become in saving human
lives. Before the House Military
affairs Committee, a few days ago,
DR.. Alvin r. Barach of Columbia
University testified that he had had
to let several patients die because he
had been unable to obtain helium,
and contributed interesting facts with
respect to the value of the gas in
treatment of asthma. DR.. Barach
stated that, in the last is months, he
had had five cases where the heart
was stopped, and was revived by the
use Of helium." Yet helium Is 50
expensive that few persons can afford
treatment.
DR.. Barach appeared before the
congressional committee in support
of a bill providing for the sale of
helium at cost, and for repurchase Of
the gas by Federal committee. II
this bill is passed upon favorably, it
will mean that the vast resources now
available in the Government plant at
Amarillo, Tex, could be utilized to a
great extent in medical therapy, and
be put to work saving life and health
in fields where experimentation is
proving this curious element to be
highly ef1icacious
The United States owns practically
ali OF the available helium in the
world, exclusive OF that which eman-
ates from the suns rays or comes
directly from the sun itself, and ex-
elusive Of small quantities to be found
In Canada and Mexico. Helium Is
produced commercially only in the
United States, and the sources OF the
gas are owned by the Government,
the plants deriving 1t are Government
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Bv ". A. NJ.

THE American Navy is going to do
special honor to the new sailor
King, who will soon be crowned
L to Britain's throne.
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under compressed air in caisson or
diving work, when decomposition to
normal atmosphere takes place too
quickly, and thus the abundance OF
gases produced by an excess OF oxy-
gen in the blood have not had time
to escape or disperse, forming nitro
gen bubbles. These nitrogen bubbles
ara especially dangerous If they locate
in the brain or spinal cord, where
they may give rise to paralysis or
death. The formation of such bub-
bles produces what divers and tunnel
workers term 1.-The bends" It was
to eradicate this disease, or make
it less prevalent, that the United
States Public Health Service and the
Bureau of Mines began their studies
of the effects of helium as a thera-
peltic agent.
THE United States Navy was also
interested in such investigations.
for methods Of eliminating or miti-
eating the hazards Of diving work
were important in connection with
salvaging and marine engineering OPP
erations. The use Of the gas in
producing synthetic helium-oxygen
atmosphere was given credit for the
successful salvaging of the hull Of
the United States submarine Ssh,
which was accidentally sunk near
Newport by the coastwise steamer City
Of Rome.
As a testimonial to the work Of the
scientists of the Bureau of Mines in
developing this new safety factor in
diving operations, the ships bell Of
the Inflated Ssh, salvaged from the
depths of the sea, was presented to
the Bureau of Mines by the naval
commander who had been in charge
o. the salvaging operations. The
bell, retrieved by Chief Torpedoman
Francis Smith from a depth of 1875
feet, is now mounted in the lobby Of
the Pittsburgh experiment station Of
the Bureau Of Mines. It is the first
tribute to helium as life saver.
Following the salvaging of the sub
marine by the use of artificial helium
atmosphere, further experiments were
conducted upon animals and revealed
many interesting facts about the
properties Of this curious element that
pointed to its value In restoring nor
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men working in tunnels under COM
pressed air could work for longer
periods and descend to depths beyond
the practical limits with compressed
air when a mixture of helium-oxygen,
instead Of the nitrogen-oxygen OF nor
NAL atmosphere, was breathed.
THE investigators were then in
terested in learning how these
conclusions might be turned to ad-
vantage in other fields Of medical
therapy. One Of the first problems
that confronted them was to learn
whether this natural gas had any
deleterious effects on body tissues.
Tests of its physiological effects were
carried out. The same animals that
had been used tn the first tests were
used again and were exposed from
two to four times for periods varying
from one to three hours to pressure
of 10 atmosphere. These tests were
all conducted within period OF three
to seven days. The animals were then
killed for pathological examination.
One case showed degeneration OF one
kidney and spots on the liver-flnd-
ings not uncommon in guinea pigs.
The remainder were found to be ap-
parently normal. Four other guinea
pigs were exposed on eight consecu-
tive days to helium- oxygen mixture
at 10 atmospheres' pressure for one
hour, and decompressed in Is min
utes. These animals were observed
for four weeks, with no apparent ef-
fects or symptoms.
To ascertain If any discomfort would
be occasioned the human being by
breathing helium, the gas was inhaled
by several Of the investigators for
periods up to two hours. There was
no noticeable effect, except q tenn
porArV ria in the r,itch If the voice
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official coronation medal,
side bearing likeness OF Queen
Elizabeth. A. p. Photo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
DIR. CoIney Appointed

A bill for the establishment OF a
college of Natureopathic physicians
was introduced yesterday IN the
House of Representatives In Hart
ford. The bill would authorize the
college to conduct clinics and hos
pitfalls and give courses leading to
degrees.
william Bulevich of this city, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Bulevich,
Is student at the university re-
Gently established in Hartford. and
which by some neglect in foresight
cannot operate fully unless such
legislation Is adopted.
DR.. Matthew j. Colney of this
city was named to the board elect
ed to operate the college. Other
members Of the board are, DR..
George @. Fitch OF Milford, DR..
John v. Gregan Of Manchester; DR..
Per Nelson Of Hartford: DR.. Al
ween Schreiter Of Bridgeport, and
DR.. J. Clarence Welser Of East
Hartford
The school in Hartford was COM
pleted year ago and classes have
since been suspended by State
Health Commissioner Stanley H.
Osborne because the proper legis-
lation had not been provided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
FINCH TO REMAIN
HERE TILL MARCH

William G. Finch of the state un-
employment compensation branch
who was first stationed here at the
office Of the local Employment Ser
vice on North Main strete on Janu-
airy is to take care of persons fill
ing out forms, announced today a
time extension has bene granted
He will be here until March /.
The man in charge Of assisting
local versions also announced he viii
now give information by telephone.
Any persons seeking information II
connection with filling out forna
or general information in regard To
the act may call 4-2697.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
Over $50, 900 Donated to Red Cross Fund
Two Injured

Anthony Fiore, Of IS Primrose
street and Miss Alice Ouelette, Of
964 Baldwin street, were injured
last night when the car in which
they were riding, driven by Fiore,
collided with another machine on
the Wolcott road.
Miss Ouellette was taken 10 st.
Mary's hospital for treatment Of
injuries to her right leg, head and
face. Fiore suffered injuries
about the head.
The other car In the crash was
driven by Charles Koehler, Of 90
Frost road. Both cars were badly
damaged in the crash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05

Recently at fire at Fort Slo-
cub five men were overcome by
smoke. The heroic work Of a Wa
terbury boy, Nicholas Cappella,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cap
pella Of Maple street, in getting
the men to u hospital was highly
commended by Fort Slocum Of
flcers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
Waterbury Reaching
New High In Response
ToAppealF For Money
Cash, Clothes in Generous Proportions Continue to
Deluge Local Red Cross Headquarters Chairman
Burial Expresses Chapters Appreciation

Moving slowly and steadily up
wards in an unprecedented fashion,
the Emergency Flood Relief drive
of the local Red Cross Chapter
passed the $4,000 mark at noon to-
day, according to figures released
at the Field street office. A total
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
LOTS OF EXTRAS

Reuben Mamoulian, directing
Irene Dunno In Paramount's High
Wide and Handsome" finished his
first weeks shooting today and an
nounced that he would call 500 ex-
tras Monday for weeks work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
Professor Traffic Manager

Toledo (U.P)-Sherman Smith
assistant professor Of civil engi-
neering at the University of To-
ledo, has been named city traffic
manager of Toledo, following n
competitive examination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05

Boston, Feb. 5--UP)--Weathcr
forecast:
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Cloudy and slightly colder tonight,
preceded by snow. Saturday fair.
Conuecticut: Cloudy, slightly
colder tonight. Saturday, fair, cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-05
at the parish hall, the first to get
underway shortly after 8 o'clock.
Modern Glee Club

st. Joseph's modern glee club who
participated in the entertainment
at the parish auditorium last We'd
nesday night will meet Sunday att
ernoon at 2:3O o'clock In the Con-
gresS avenue school.