The midland journal., 1946-03-29
APRIL Is CANCER CONTROL
MONTH


by proclamation of President Truman |
and the Maryland State branch of tie
American Cancer Society, OF which |
DR.. ]. Mason Hundley, Jr.. is execu-
tive calhrman, has announced COM
pleted Elans for a statewide canvas |
to assure the states quota of two
hundred thousand dollars towards |
the national goal of twelve million.
Campaign headquarters have been |
established in the former ioyola |
High School Building, at 700 North |
Calvert Street, Baltimore, through |
tke generosity of the Jesuit Fathers
and state Campaign Chairmanship |
has been accepted by Dr. George G. |
Finney, son of the late DR.. j. M. T. |
Finney, who was active in all such
medico-public movements.
Assisting the Cancer Control Cam
paign will be the Women's Field
Army of the American Cancer So
ciety, OF which Mrs. Roy ID. Whitlock
is state commander District comman-
ders under Mrs. Whitlock will organ
ze every section of the state to coop
crate in this national attack on what
the American Cancer Society officials
designate as mo. l enemy of man.
kind. Statistics compiled by the So
iety show tkat one out of every eight
americans die from cancer, which
places this disease menace at the
,op of all the threats to life in &
peacetime world. Even more start
ling, DR.. Hundley admitted. are the
5tatistics compiled since VI Day.
1T seems incredible even to a doc
tor familiar with the inroads made
by cancer on the everyday life OF our
people, but these figures have been
checked. There were $4,000 Ameri-
cans killed in World War III and in
the same period of time, 100000
Americans were killed at home by
cancer. We should not have to say
anything more to convince people
hat this cancer control campaign is
not giving funds for any foreign
worthy cause, but for the protection
of themselves and the ones they love
right here at home. The money we
will try to raise in April will go to-
wards establishing research labora-
tories and helping the ones already
established, like the University OF
Maryland and Johns Hopkins, to dis
cover the cause and cure of cancer,
10 educate people to report the symp-
IONS in time to be cured and for the
care of INDECENT cases"
Other diseases of almost the same
magnitude, DR.. Hundley pointed out,
have been brought under control by
The public's becoming sufficiently
aroused and contributing sufficient
funds to fight them. This one, men
icing as it does now one-twelfth Of
The population, must be fought the
same way. The forces of public opin-
ion moulding have been organized
throughout the country 1t still re-
mains sor the American general pub
lie to go down in their pockets and
financially support this war against
the greatest enemy that has ever
| threatened the health and happiness
Of mankind.
fAI llS SdLupdlSu f10dQQudrI6rS,
where Mrs. Olga Baxt is executive
secretary, it was stated that the i'm
mediate need is for volunteers who
will do TIE house-to-house solicita-
tion thl loughout Baltimore
Almost everyone, we know, any
If us, Mrs. Baxt said, "has had some
ragic experience with the suffering
Ind loss caused by cancer. We are q
Jolunteer and unorganized group,
compared to the regular fund raising
organizations in this country but it
seems to me that if everyone, who
mas had some personal knowledge OF
he disastrous and tragic influence of
This monstrous disease, would come
lcrward and help the campaign we
would have the largest organization
Of all. We do need volunteers. to
.ielp in the Office. to solicit gifts, to
10 any one of thousand things.
and everybody who knows something
first hand about cancer ought to be
ready to help