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Evening star., 1947-12-24
Stars, Men and Atoms
Blood SIudging' Is Found
Factor in Growing Old
Circulatory System. Is Likened to
Muddy River With Sickness
By Thomas K. Henry

hitherto unrecognized phenomenon in a
great variety of human and animal diseases
which may be basic factor in growing old has
just been reported here.
It is blood sludging" tendency of red
blood corpuscles to stick together in little Jumps,
which makes the circulatory system like a
muddy, sluggish river rather than a clear,
swift-fowing stream.
The report is the result of 16 years of OBJ
servation at the University of Chicago, the
University Of Tennessee and the University OF
Copenhagen in Denmark and is made by four
doctors Melvin H. Knisely, Edward H. Block,
Theodore S. Eliot and Louise Warner. OF
special significance was the work at the Uni
versity of Tennessee, financed by the Tennessee
Valley Authority as part of its campaign
against malaria.
Animals, Humans Studied.
Blood flow near the surface Of the body has
been observed with microscopes under high
illumination in both animals and men, both
entirely normal and suffering from maladies
ranging from diphtheria to arthritis. Normally,
it was found, the red blood corpuscles are en-
tirely separate particles They never quite
come in contact with each other. BY some un-
explained mechanism each seems slightly to
repel the other. They never stick to blood
phagocytes, the scavenger white cells which
remove any foreign particles from the blood
stream
All this changes with sickness, the observa-
tions showed The red cells show tendency
to stick together in tiny masses. They become
surrounded with some glue-like substance In
extreme cases these masses may become large
enough to form serious blood clots and result
in death If they are carried to vital organ.
Ordinarily, however, they Just slow up the
blood flow, forming minute temporary clots in
tiny arterioles. These plugs may deprive small
areas OF body tissue and oxygen and nutrients
for considerable periods This phenomenon Is
not, in itself the cause Of the sickness It
may, or may not, aggravate the condition But
1t appears to be almost inevitable ac-
compartment of almost anything that goes
wrong with the body.
Cumulative Effects.
But every case of blood sludgng the observ-
ers believe, causes more or less permanent
damage. The body never emerges from an
illness quite as good as it was before and the
cumulative effects over many years may account
for many of the inf1rmities of old age with
vital tissues badly degenerated
Another significant finding is that when the
red corpuscles start to "sludge" they are
attacked by white corpuscles, one of whose
duties is to maintain the swift flow Of the
blood stream. This is essential, but may lead
to severe anenia If carried far enough. In
one observed case one-third of all a monkeys
red cells were destroyed in this way in about
three hours
Observations of the sludging by the tech
niques they have worked out, the observers
believe, may provide rough index to general
health. If the blood flow is swift and clear
the organism is functioning properly. Other
wise something is really the matter and the
case should be further diagnosed.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Viroiniu's Medical Crisis

At least half a dozen counties without
a full-time physician.
Fifteen counties without dentist.
These are among the shocking def1cien-
cies revealed in a study of Virginia's pub
lic-health program by the State ADVISORY
legislative Council. On the basis of its
findings, the council, composed of members
of both houses of the General Assembly,
has made a number of recommendations
that should be the first order of business
of the next session of the Legislature.
The councils unanimous report gave
special emphasis to the need for an in
crease of nearly 100 per cent in the States
scholarship awards in the field of medical
education Under the scholarship pro-
gram, authorized in 1910 by legislation
introduced by Delegate Charles R. Fen
wick of Arlington, the State provides
limited number of medical scholarships
valued at $3.50 year. The number at
first was eight, but this was increased to
twenty scholarships in 1916. The program
got off to a good start before the war,
but it was suspended, for the most part,
when the Army and Navy virtually took
over the medical and dental education
activities during the war. The need for
scholarships as an incentive to students
to enter the profession of medicine has
become increasingly acute since the war.
But like everything else, the $3.50 scholar
ship has declined sharply in practical
value.
The council proposes that the amount
of the award be increased to 1000. The
program would be broadened to include
dentists and nurses under varying scholar
ships Recipients of the scholarships
would be required to practice in rural
portions of the State. This is an excellent
plan as far as it goes. But the council,
In disapproving suggestion of the State
Hospital Survey Committee that State aid
be given the counties in improving hospital
and clinic facilities, has overlooked very
important fact This is that scholarships
alora may not induce young doctors to
est- }: sh themselves in counties where
tn are no hospitals or other up-to-date
pub .ic-h health centers. They will view the
plan with greater enthusiasm, however,
If they know that they will not be
marooned in communities remote from
disqualification facilities.
The counties in direst need of improved
and augmented facilities are the ones least
able to shoulder the burden OF cost OF new
hospitals. Yet the council has rejected
the idea of State financial aid as too
expensive. Actually the States share in
three-way matching plan proposed
Evening star., 1947-12-24

Red Cross in informing their families From
the rest nothing has been heard.
Two and half years waiting has extin-
guished optimism, and in the French Foreign
Once view not more than a few nundred-a
thousand at the outside-remain alive.
But on the personal level the drama goes on
Wisdom and commonsense may persuade the
people Of Alsace and Lorraine that only a
handful Of lost battalions survive but cannot
prevent the individual mother, wife or child
from cherishing the secret hope that he viii
be among them.
Forty-four-year-old Col. Marquie, whose
civil service rank as head of the French Re-
patriation Mission in Moscow entitled him to
uniform and "a military title, Is now travelling
home, his mission expelled as q reprisal for the
French liquidation of the Russian Repatriation
Mission, accused Of subversive activities con-
nected with recent French internal troubles.
Before leaving, Col. MARQUEE a devout Com
munist criticized his own government in public
statement plainly implying that the Russians
would retaliate against the "anti-Sovlet CAM
paign" by using the remaining Alsatlans ana
Lorrainers as hostages
Enemy No. 1.
The French government declares that it will
persevere with the search for the missing
thousands by normal diplomatic channels.
Nevertheless aggravation Of Franco-kussian
tension and Frances increasingly apparent
solidarity with the Western Allies are thought
by officials to be likely to retard the return OF
even the handful of French citizens whose
whereabouts are known
Mystery overhangs the Siberian camps No
repatriation mission has been permitted to
visit them and wild stories of a new German
Army being formed in Russia under exNazi
officers and from the forced labor In the salt
mines Of the north today fill the vacuum lett
among the bereaved families by uncertainty
and distress
The abrupt and discreditable ending OF the
Repatriation Mission in Moscow has hardened
the suspicious and hatred which Soviet Rus
sia accumulated in Alsace and Lorraine since
the jubilant liberation to which she so largely
contributed.
Thus in the two provinces which suffered
most grievously from German oppression, Rus
sia today Gusts Germany as Enemy Number
One.
printed BY Arrangement with the London observer)
Evening star., 1947-12-24
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Trace1Uell

Alarm clocks have taken on a new value
since the war. Once they were just small
machines to be thrown away when wheel
or spring went wrong, but today they are
taken to the jeweler, the same as watches
That was why and how Templeton Jones
happened to have one wrapped up. 1t was
going, the man said, correctly, with everything
wound up properly.
What Jones didn't know was that the bell
side also was wound-and set.
AS chance would have it, the jewelry store
man had set the clock to 60 off at the exact
the public vehicle.
The wrapped clock gave preliminary tinkle,
as these mechanisns sometimes do.
1t was warning signal, perhaps, but Jones
didn't hear it.
The man in the next seat however looked
around as if he had been shot.
The fat lady across the aisle seemed to
smolder, as she gave Jones an ugly look.
At this point the bell started to tinkle
in earnest.
The man laughed, even the fat lady con-
sented to smile.
People as far away as six seats caught the
fun of the thing.
This was the Christmas season, after ALL
wnen pushing and jostling along sidewalks and
in stores tend to work up a certain sort Of
jollity
1t had been like breasting the waves, walking
along F street, Jones had wondered why every
body on the sidewalk was walking east.
That was when his repaired clock had been
quiescent. If it had rung while being care
fully carried along the sidewalk, no one would
have heard it. But here in the bus things
were different.
Tempeton Jones was slightly embarrassed
as a quiet man often is when something
happens to attract attention to him.
The thing seemed to be very funny to every
one else.
Mamma, what is ringing?" asked a small
"I don't know replied her mother
"It sounds like an alarm clock" said the girl
This average, ordinary remark seemed to
convuse the bus.
BY this time the alarm had died down.
Now" thought JONES' 'ft is over"
He relapsed into his seat firmly holding
the wrapped clock,
Maybe it would behave, now.
The clock had other ideas, evidently. Maybe
something logged it.
The bell started up again, and as it did so
the smiles of Templeton Jones' fellow pas
sengers came on again as if some master hand
had wound them up.
Reminds me of the time took big pie
home on public vehicle smiled the fat lady,
ito no one in particular.
Il once took home glass lamp shade" said
the tall, slender man. That was the worst
trip ever made"
Templeton Jones thought his vocal alarm
clock was bad enough, but he said nothing
When he got home, he laid the clock down
on the table with a real sigh of relief.
Well here's the clock" was all he said.
Mrs. Jones started to unwrap it.
ats nice tn have II hack again" she said
caressingly Did the man Ak it all right?"
Templeton Jones smiled
"I don't know" he said, ''but he certainly
did q good Job on the bell"
Evening star., 1947-12-24
The Lost Battalions
Mystery Still Hides Fate of AlsaceLorrane Conscript
Swallowed in War They Never Wanted
By Nora BeIof

PARIS (By MaiD while the repatriation
dispute between France and Russia proceeds
and diplomats Of the two nations exchange
accusations of slander and lies and "lgnominl-
Gus calumny, faint hope is f1ickerlng and dy-
ing in some $4,000 homes on the eastern
borders of France
The story goes back to the summer OF 1910
when France collapsed and the two provinces
Of Alsace and Lorraine which had been con-
quered by Bismarck for Germany 10 years be-
fore, and had been restored to France after the
First World War, were forcibly incorporated
into Hitler's Third Reich
German had remained the common language
despite French efforts, and separatist nth
column had been organized and paid from Ber-
lin. Nazi racial mythology promptly declared
the wretched inhabitants to be of pure Ger
man stock" and it remained only to enroll the
men Of fighting age into the Wehrmacht and
to draw another frontier on the shifting map Of
Europe
From that moment the fate of Alsatian and
Lorraine conscripts became indistlngulshable
from the fate of the millions of Germans who
fought successive campaigns in Africa and
Europe until destruction or surrender
vived-out of 100000, 5000 were killed IN &C
tion-were de facto prisoners of war, although
the Allies had never recognized the annexation
of the provinces. Subsequently the administra-
tive and linguistic task of separating Alsace-
Lorrainers from Germans was cumbersome and
SLOW particularly as the Germans deliberately
scattered troops of questionable loyalty over
as many units as possible.
Those Who Disappeared.
Since the end OF the war 10000 have returned
by private initiative and $4,000 by official re-
patriation Several thousand are reported to
have died of wounds or illness or exposure.
But in the view of the responsible French Min
lister, Francois Mitterand as many as 1900
have vanished without leaving trace The
only place where it is believed these may still
be living, yet unable to communicate with the
outside world is Soviet Russia.
Repatriations from the East have been al
most at standstill during the last few months:
today nine Alsace-Lorraners are waiting at
Odessa for embarkation to France and 80 else
where in Russia have succeeded through the
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Frances Austerity' Proqrum

The series of measures laid before the
National Assembly by the Schuman gov
ernment for the stabilization Of Frances
economic life may be roughly compared to
the British "austerity" program now in
force across the Channel Nevertheless,
although the overall objective Is the same,
there are dissimilarities. And perhaps the
most notable of these is the psychological
background.
Today, as always, the British people
display spirit of solidarity and willingness
to sacrifice for the common good not only
at supreme wartime crisis like that after
Dunkirk, but also in the unSpectacular
tasks of peace. Unfortunately the French
do not exhibit this sacrifcial quality to
anything like the same degree. Individual
and class interests are stubborn. Taxes
are habitually evaded Black marketing
has been rampant and involves no social
stigma This relative absence of COM
munity spirit constitutes a formidable
handicap both to the passage of "austerity'
legislation and to it's enforcement after it
is on the statute books.
The outstanding features Of the
governments program are higher taxation,
increased rates for public services, re-
trenchment in the cost of government and
a breakdown on luxuries idleness and
parasitical or frivolous occupations In
cluded under taxation is what amounts to
a capital levy in the shape of compulsory
subscriptions to bond issue, financed by
deductions from large incomes and &C
quired wealth.
Obviously, this program hits all classes.
Even the workers will be hit by having to
pay more for rail and tram fares, gas
and electric bills, and somewhat higher
rents, now frozen at abnormally low levels
The farmers will likewise lose much of
the privileged position from which they
have greatly profited. AS for luxury lines
from night clubs to cafes, they will be
taxed almost out of existence.
Naturally all this provokes heated pro-
tests from wide variety of special inter-
ests. The result is an incongruous
opposition in Parliament ranging from
ultra Conservatives to Communists. How
ever, the moderate groups in the Assembly
are backing the governments program
and will seemingly ensure its passage.
Even the Radicals, with their traditions of
laissez-faire liberalism, have fallen in line
with the Socialists and Christian Demo-
Gratis (MRP) in standing behind a program
of controls which they recognize to be
vital for national recovery.
Thus, although Frances austerity pro-
gram has not yet been hammered out in
its final form, the essential features appear
to be assured of legislative enactment
Then will come the test of it's implementa-
tion. And that, in the last analysis, will
involve popular willingness to make
austerity work.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Time for Plain Talk

The list of the names of traders in the
commodity markets which has been made
public by Secretary Anderson at the direc-
ton of Congress is admittedly but partial
list 1t is also pretty much of dud
OF the seven hundred and eleven on the
list, only few were generally known
Some were engaged in nothing more than
normal business operations. If others
could be classed as spectators, there was
nothing illegal about their activities and
nothing whatsoever to show that any OF
them made improper use Of inside" in
formation or even had access to such
information.
What the publication Of the remaining
names will reveal remains to be seem
Republican members of Congress still
seem to expect some significant disclosures
But Secretary Anderson is limiting rather
broadly that they are going to be dis
appointed, that his files do not contain
the names of any INSIDERS"
In this state of affairs the latest COM
ment of Harold stassen Republican pres
curiosity. 1t was Mr. Stassen who first
turned the spotlight on the trading activ-
tiles of Edwin w. Pauley. Now, criticizing
the published list of traders as inadequate,
Mr.. Stassen asks whether present and
former officials of the Government, Gin
Guiding the executive department of the
White House." were playing the market
prior to the heavy Government purchases
last winter, and whether they made
huge profit" as a result of their specula-
ton.
These questions, in their implications,
collide head-on with the differences one
draws from the comments of Secretary
Anderson. One of these gentlemen is CIV
ing the people what is known on the side
walks as bum steer. If it Is Mr.. Anderson
the fact will be established when he pub
fishes the rest of the names on his list.
There is no equally certain way OF getting
to the bottom of Mr.. Stassen's implicit
charges.
Still, as a public figure and as presi-
Dental aspirant, he has an obligation to
the people. He ought not to be pointing
an accusing finger at the White House
unless he has some facts to back up his
insinuations. If Mr. Stassen has the facts
they ought to be put on the record, possibly
in an appearance before the Senate COM
mittee that is investigating this matter.
If he has no facts he ought to keep quiet.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

cure for all wars, If the people are willing to
take the remedy. But am confident that the
majority of the people and Of our statesmen
will not accept the remedy. They will continue
to pursue their own earthly will-o- the-wisps,
trying to produce warless world by means of
remedial legislation, leagues of peace covenants,
pacts, treaties disarmament conferences, fed
erations of nations and security councils, all
of which have failed to bring peace among men
on this earth and will continue to fail among
selfish, covetous and self -assertive men and
nations.
There is only one remedy, and that is the
personal acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the grace of God that transforms and
changes the aims and purposes of life. This is
voluntary work, and the remedy is effective
only when freely taken by the patient 1t is
useless for doctor to prescribe remedy when
the patient refuses to take the remedy pre-
scribed.
After the rulers of the nations have demon
strated that they are incapable of ruling with
out running the earth and filling it with violence
and desolation and enslaving all mankind God
is going to take His great power to Himself,
and, as the prophet says, He will destroy them
which destroy the EARTH" and restore this earth
to its Edenic condition; land the kingdom and
dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole Heaven, shall be given to the
people of the saints of the Most High, whose
i.ingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey Him.
Not until the Prince of Peace comes the
second time to reign will the angelic song be
realized and fulfilled: GLORY to God in the
highest, and on earth peace good will toward
men," duke, 2:14) That is the divine plan
for universal peace on earth.
CHARLES S. LONGACRE
Evening star., 1947-12-24
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


@. What famous women have been honored
by statues?-E. NICK.
A. There are comparatively few statues Of
women except those of goddesses and symbolic
cal figures. Joan of Arc is probably the most
popular. Famous statues exist of The Virgin
Mary Queen Victoria, Anne of Brittany, Molly
Pitcher, Pocahontas, Evangeline, Frances E.
Willard Cleopatra, Beatrice Cenci Susan B.
Anthony, Edith Cavell.
@. Is there variety of chrysanthemum
which produces a thousand blossoms on one
plant?-B. K.
A. Formerly there was grown Japanese
variety of chrysanthemum which produced
1000 blooms to the plant. 1t was a greenhouse
variety and demanded careful individual culti-
vation, but is rarely grown now.
O. Is grebe the name of the bird that lives
on a raft?-V. NJ C.
A. Grebes are Matched on floating nest
and are able to swim long distances under
water. They have close, dense plumage that is
completely waterproof, and instead of having
webbed feet they possess a separate mem
brane for each toe. The young birds when tired
ride on the mothers back among her wing
feathers,
@. Have the representatives of Yemen and
Pakistan, the last two nations to join the
United Nations been seated?-L. G. S.
A. The two new delegates took their seats in
the Assembly on September 30. Yemen and
Pakistan had been voted in as 56th and 57th
members.
@. Why is eight considered lucky number?
&C. J. T.
A. According to Pythagorean philosophers,
eight was the number of justice because 1t
divides evenly. AS the first cube 1t was believed
to represent the cornerstone and hence, plenty.
@. What is the purpose of the naval call, up
spirit" s"?-H. MIG.
A. In the British Navy the boatswain once
a day pipes up spirits" whereupon half .
gill of grog (rum) is measured out to each man
The up spirits pipe is unknown in the United
States Navy.
@. Where do most of the present day radio
network programs originate, in New York
or in Los Angeles?-R. P. M.
A. BY 1916, approximately 80 per cent OF
the network programs were originating from
studios in Los Angeles.
@. Is the Indian population of the United
States Increasingly. D. E.
A. There has been a steady increase during
most of the present century In Indian popula-
ton on reservations. This is largely due to
health education and medical care The latest
estimate of the Office of Indian Affairs places
the Indian population at 100000 in the United
States proper.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

under the Hill-Burton Act would be less
than $2,500,000. This is surely relatively
small price for the State to pay for
improving ITS appalling medical-care crisis
In rural areas. The hospital survey left
no doubt as to the urgency of the situation
and the hopelessness of expecting improve
ment without assistance from State funds
The State should not shirk its responsible
ties in the vital disqualification program