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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
Three Scientists Report Tests
Pointing To Quick New Methods
OF Treating Severe Burns
BY FRANK CAREY

WASHINGTON R-Three Detroit
scientists today reported tests
pointing to quick new methods of
diagnosing and treating severe
burns.
DR.. John J. Prendergast and two
associates of the Chrysler Corp. s
Medical Department reported in
the Archives Of Surgery that the
test Of burn severity centers
around the blood protein called
gamma globulin.
They said there Is a great in
crease of gamma globulin tG.G.)
In the blood of seriously burned
patients, a very slight increase in
patients with minor burns. G.G.
content can be determined by a
new electrical test.
In the case of serious burns,
they also found o decrease in the
concentration Of albumin--another
blood protein--which suggested
thff improved treatment might
call for transfusions of blood con-
tanning purified human serum al
bumin.
Gamma globulin first made ma
5or news as a measles preventive.
More recently, there we're indica-
tons II could help prevent infantile
paralysis, and a major test of its
possible effectiveness in polio cases
u underway In Texas.
The Detroit researchers said
their observations on G. G.. as a
possible index of burns severity
were made during special cleo.
trically aided analysis of the pro-
TEN content of blood taken from
victims Of burns.
Noting that tests of eight pa
tients indicated that In moderate
TO severe burns there is a decrease
Of albumin--even hough the pa
tients meanwhile had been given
transfusions Of whole blood--the
doctors suggested that possibly
whole blood. Of itself, may be In
adequate in the TRANSMISSION treat
ment Of burns.
Their study suggests, they said,
that treatment could be improved
II. in addition to whole blood
which il now rated the best trans
fusion material for burns patients
are also given purified human
serum albumin or some other blood
substitute which would tend to re-
place lost albumin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
United States
Cool Toward
Proposal
British Want Political
Advisory Team To Aid
Gen. Clark With Korean
War Decisions

WASHINGTON R - The United
States repeatedly is cool to a Brit
ish suggestion that a team of po-
litical advisors be named to assist
Gen. Mark Clark, supreme United
Nations commander in Korea.
The State Department is said to
be against creating any formal
new advisory group in the Far
East theater at this time.
But top American officials told
reporter today they are consider
ing closer liaison between Clark
and the American ambassadors in
Japan and Korea, as a means of
preventing military decisions that
could result in worldwide political
repercussions.
Informed diplomatic officials
said Britain's minister of state,
Selwyn Lloyd, suggested the idea
of political guidance team when
ne talked with Secretary Acheson
here several weeks ago.
Lloyd repeatedly argued such a
group, on which Britain would be
represented, would make sure
Clark and top American military
leaders in Korea realized the full
international implications of mill
tary decisions they might make.
A political guidance team, he
felt, might have avoided the flare
up between Britain and the United
States which resulted from Ameri-
can bombing OF Communist power
plants in North Korea without first
notifying the British.
The State Department. il was
learned, takes the view that ade-
quate machinery already exists for
providing Clark with all the politi.
cal advice he needs. Clark is re.
portedly In close contact with Rob.
ert Murphy, American ambassador
In Tokyo. Gen. James Van Fleet,
military commander in Korea, is
said to be in constant contact with
John ]. Muccio, american ambas-
sador to Korea.
The problem as American offic-
ials see II is TO make certain these
contacts be utilized more frequent.
ly and efficiently.
American officials object to the
idea of a political advisory team
because In their view:
/. II might give the Communists
chance TO point to the move as
proof the Urited States has been
ignoring its allies in the Korean
fighting and forcing its decisions
upon them.
2. The new group might prove
too cumbersome and unwieldy, and
perhaps slow down execution of
quick military operations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
IS. C. Primary

COLUMBIA, S. c. N - Rep.
James p. Richards. chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, was renominated by a wide
margin in Tuesdays South Caro-
lima Democratic primary.
/ The nomination equals election
in this overwhelmingly Democratic
state.
Unofficial returns from 248 of the
Fifth Districts 249 precincts gave
Richards "a ,229 voice and Wade S.
Weatherford, Gaffney attorney, IT.
444. The Fifth District race was
the primary's only congressional
contest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
The Veterans
Corner

Post.Korea Veterans who need
outpatient treatment for disabili.
ties that are presumed to have re-
suited from their service will be
provided needed treatment by We
terans Administration until VA can
determine whether their disabili-
ties actually are service connect
ed.
v. 8. Parker, Manager of the We.
terans Administration Miami Re.
aional Office released the an
nouncement today with the state
fnent that this procedure Is de-
signed 10 prevent any delay In fur.
nishing outpatient treatment for
such veterans.
Under existing regulations. out
patient treatment for most vete-
rama may be given only for service
connected disabilities after VA has
determined that the disabilities
actually are service.connected and
then has authorized the treatment.
The change 10 permit treatment
for presumed service. connected
disabilities before final determine
ton has been made applies only
TO veterans who served in the &C.
tive U. S. Military or Naval Forces
any place in the world ON or after
June AZ. 1850. the start Of the ko-
rean hostilities and before date
yet TO be SCI.
These posi.korea veterans also
must have been discharged or re.
leased from such service under
conditions other than dishonorable
or have been retired.
The other requirement applies
TO Post Korea veterans who are re.
tired for disability and are receiy.
ing disability retirement pay from
the Armed Forces. They must
first elect 10 take their compensa.
ton from VA before their disahlli-
ties can be presumed to be ser.
viee,eonnested for VA outpatient
treatment.
PoSi.korea veterans wh0 meet
these requirements may be pro.
vlded needed out patient treatment
either Tor dental or medical dlsAhi.
llsies presumed 10 have been incur.
rcd To or aggravated by service.
while these Treatments are BENG
given, VA win determine II the ass.
abilities actually are sersice-eon.
nected.
Where VA later finds saas dis
abilities actually are nos service.
connected. oa,patiens treatment vii
be discontinued fr0m that date;
but. where VA finds that the dis
abilities actually ara seryieeeon.
neSted. uaspatsens treatment All
be continued and the veterans, il
sufficiently disabled. stll receive
VA compensation for the degree
al their disabilities
To be eligible for dental treat
meat under these eunSsitsans,
Pest ,korea sesersn must fEae kEs
spplieation within ~ uaonths frrn
date Il his discharge ~ release
from 4 period a. { months or more
a. active service that has heen
terminated - o. after June n, -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
Girl Collquers
Polio Attack

DALLAS tR-Nancy X. Reil-
ly, Is. a 9Th grade pupil. suffer-
ed a polio attack last October
which forced her out of school.
She was flat on her back in
bed for three months. Nancy
hated to be left behind a semes-
ter so after she regaind use of
her arms and hands following
treatment administered by her
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
Alcoholic Drinks

WASHINGTON IN - Americans
spent almost one half as much on
alcoholic beverages last year as
they did for the things they wear.
The Commerce Department said
$3.50. ooo, 900 was spent on liquor.
wine and berr, and average Of
$3.50 for every man. woman and
child in the country.
AT the same time about 20 BIZ
lions was spent for shoes and
clothing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09


so. Unless the application is other
wise disapproved by VA. il wiz
be approved on the basis Of prima
facie eligibility for the treatment
Of dental disabilities shown BY ex.
animation or ether evidence 30
have existed within , year from
date or discharge or release. How
ever. the replacement Of missing
teeth viii be authorized only as
may be necessary for the correc-
ton Of defects for which service.
connection already has been estah.
nshed.
Fer medical outpatient treat.
nent Of all other disabilities except
active PsyehnSls. active iuherculo.
sis and multiple scleroSis a sort
Il creeping paralysis the dlsahl.
Aiies may be presumed 10 be ser.
vice connected within year trum
the Veterans discharge Or release
from active service on or after
June ~. 1850. For active Taherra-
scsis. the disability may be pre-.
samed 10 be service connected
within , years III the Veterans dis
charge On or after lnne e. 1850
prossaing he bad 30 days 81 active
service Fer Active PxyehaSas, the
disability nay Dc presumed 10 b.
service connected within z years nf
ths veterans discharge oH 90 aftew
June ", 1850. Fer multiple ssicru
SIS, TIE disability may he pre-
sasned 60 BE- service esenectea
within years of Inc ssseTaa's dis.
charge ea or aEseF laHe r.. ISIS
providing he had - days 1t ser
vice
TAas prssEmrsirn ~ service cor
necssaa for oaspsslsna care et ross
knfva Veterans Ia samalag b. that
grsnsea 70 WcTa4 war II Veterans
after tie end II sAzs Var.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
studying

mother. she began studying
again.
Neither her telcher nor her
classmates could visit her. In
spite of this Nancy graduated
recently from her elementary
school with high grades.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-09
Cotton Acreage

WASHINGTON In - The De.
partment Of Agriculture has re,
ported 26.osi 900 acres of cotton
were in cultivation on July /.
No forecast on production will
be made until Aug. 8.
The indicated acreage compares
with 27.si7. 900 in cultivation on
July ! last year and ls.62s 900 in
1850. II compares also with gov
eminent goal Of 5000 900 acres.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

would be stronger in the politically dis
satisfied South than would Taft.
Here is one mans estimate on these
two men and the Southern situation:
II Eisenhower enters the political
arena without expressing any views, we
buy pig In poke. II he expresses
political views, those as well as the mis-
takes with which he was identified viii
be discussed. Beginning as somewhat
idollzed soldier. he is apt to be wrecked
as were Dewey and Willkie. There is no
assurance that at the, end Of gruelling
campaign, Eisenhower can do as well as
Taft can do In the South. Eisenhower
is totally inexperienced In political cam
paigning. To put Eisenhower in charge
Of our Government would be almost as
much Of an experiment as to put Taft
in direct charge Of the armed forces in
case Of war.
So vast is our Government today, 30
complicated are its problems, 80 intri-
cate its machinery, that there are prob
ably only q dozen men Of presidential
stature who by character, education, ex-
perience and training know what it is
about. Certainly Taft is one Of these.
Many people think that he is the best
equipped man for the presidency. Taft's
Evening star., 1952-03-19
BY Charles E. Trocewen
Old Timer.

to see his red-headed friend again, but
nevermore, as Poe said; the beach
showed many bathers, but never her
again.
The letter was from an old friend
and Jones could see the opening lines
perfectly clear:
'I was In the Office the other day
but couldn't stop to see you. How well
you looked. still standing erect before
all the winds that blow.
II remember how we used to walk
In the rain and argue"
Templeton Jones couldn't remember
ever having walked In any rain and
especially arguing there.
The letter went on to invite him to
Join party down at the beach, not to
60 In bathing, but to consider details
for establishing an international society.
The letter went on to say that II each
human IN the world would agree to meet
with just one person and to agree with
him or her to help the cause of uni
versal friendship, In time all peoples
would come to understand each other
and be friends.
It all seemed easy, In the letter
Templeton Jones sighed. 1t was
wonderful plan. all right. but where was
that red-headed girl?
He looked back at the first page.
The little moving photo Of the beach
was still Ia It's best colors. with the
sun shining down, but the red-headed
girl was nowhere to be seen. and the
universal society had faded completely
away. as such societies usually do.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
This and That

The dream life Of Mr.. Templeton Jones
has pleasing overtones unknown to any
other person.
who, for instance, except Jones. would
dream about q letter?
It was just two pages long. neatly
typed. with moving pictures along the
margins.
They seemed small, but held q large
section Of life. each one OF them, sort
Of television photos, with something
doing every second.
The marvellous thing was that the
section Of seashore beach. shown
one margin, day after day showed what
came and went in that section.
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In his dream, time and space had
ways of their own, unknown In the real
universe. That is the way Of dreams.
Psychologists and others have done their
best to spoil them, to give them aspects
unknown to dreamers In past ages.
They have ruined well. Most persons
are afraid to tell their dreams now
days. Not our brave friend Templeton
Jones.
He still presents his efforts to the
world, as proudly as child might in
the sylvan eras Of the yesterday world.
This one strikes him as humorous, as
at the same time 1t seems to him as
having message for the modern world.
What more can q dream do?
Dreams are such stun as life Is made
of; they are 10 be taken solely as pic
lures, without once bothering about
meaning.
II life has meaning. We viii all ind
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Pilgrimage

He ,DaKes each morning early. and must
rise
Before the sun breaks ouer iDooded hills:
He iDalks across the naeadop and driues
home
The milk herd. though he knotDs fun
Dell his SON
Does not approve. and through the
breakfast meal
win speak his mind to tell him that
man
OF his ripe age should stay Gbed. and not
Go tramptng ouer detD-soGked pasture
lot.
And Jane. his sons Uite. IN her anxious
iDGy
WIN chide him briefly. telling him
that he
Is not as young as once he used to be.
They cannot understand the urge to
roam
Oper the paths iDhere once his bare
feet ran
At daybreak. daily; ,Ohere he heard the
OF rousin0 birds IN spring. and IN the
fan
Watched ttnid squirrels scamper through
the leGpes.
He listens to them OraDely. mods hs
head,
And lacking sOords, turns to Ms food
instead.
Billy 3, Cooper
Evening star., 1952-03-19

it out In due time; II dreams, let them
be left to the busy-body pryers into
minds.
One moving scene on the first page
Of the letter showed simply a stretch
OF beach, with the waves rolling In,
endlessly. soundlessly.
Far on the horizon steamer would
show. its long trail Of smoke lost in
the immensity Of sea and sky. Then
it would go out of the picture.
In one night Of this endless dream,
countless days and nights in what must
have been second or two, Jones recalls
having opened his letter to look, and
found it early morning on the beach,
with two gigantic crabs fighting q
primitive battle.
One tore on two legs and an eye
OF the other. The torn specimen hid
behind clump Of grass. The victor
searched. but crabs are not very bright.
so it did not find the vanquished. The
victor sidled triumphantly along the
beach and disappeared; the wrecked
specimen came out and ran into its
burrow. where it would grow q new eye
and two new legs. This is q magic Of
life. quite as strange as anything in
dreams.
In the first picture. q group Of bathers
lay ON the beach,
With her back TO Jones. the dreamer.
was o red-haired girl. Now and then
she would turn her head slightly.
In his dreams. Jones turned to this
moving photo on several days, hoping
Evening star., 1952-03-19
N Hearings Undignified

take OF my hat to Speaker Rayburn
for his stand in banning television from
all committee hearings in the House Of
Representatives.
Any one who watched the four-ring
circus during the Kefauver hearings last
summer, am sure will agree that such
performances have no place in hearing
Of this type.
might add also that the antics Of
the photographers in this hearing re-
minded me very much Of the Frank
Buck animal exhibit on Long Island,
where nearly one hundred monkeys
cavorted on the rocks trying to get in a
more favorable position from which to
view the crowd. Such antics are, to say
the least, disgusting.
Yours for more dignified legislative
body.
Old Timer.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Video's Growing Pains

Indicative of the seriousness OF the tele-
vision servicing problem in the Washington area
is the fact that The Stars series Of articles on
''videos Growing Palms." by William j. Meyer,
has brought acclaim not only from harassed TV
owners, but from representative members Of the
TV repair industry. mass of additional evil
dence of the ;pains" is to be found at the Better
Business Bureau whose officials describe the
flood of TV complaints as "the biggest head
ache we have ever had"
AS Spokesmen for the industry have pointed
out In the articles the headache bothers not
only the bureau and many set owners, but
reputable dealers in sales and service. A large
part of the trouble undoubtedly is attributable
to the phenomenal growth OF the retail tele-
vision business in the past few years. The
production and sale of sets have outpaced the
training of installations and repair STATS for the
expanding trade. "Technicians" with little or
no training or experience have muscled in on a
highly specialized and complicated business.
Dealers as well as customers have been victim
lied. Other incompetent repairmen have gone
into business for themselves, with disastrous
results for Tv sets and their owners. The files
Of the Better Business Bureau are replete with
charges not only of incompetent workmanship,
but apparent fraud-of exorbitant charges for
minor adjustments and repairs of damage to
sets and Of failure to fulfill service agreements.
This is not Just local problem. It is Of
Nationwide extent. Many cities are taking
steps to do something about 1t, one Of the
latest moves being by New York City. There
a new ordinance has been adopted designed to
bring Tv servicing under measure of municipal
supervision. The regulation viii require service
men to be licensed In order to do business in
the city and, moreover they viii have to supply
each customer with detailed statement Of the
work done and the charges made for labor and
parts. Somewhat similar ordinances have been
adopted or are being considered in other cities.
The District Licensing Committee is studying
these ordinances with view to drawing up some
form of licensing regulation for the District.
Television Associates, Inc, local association
of Tv dealers and repair agencies, is supporting
the committees inquiry. There is logic to the
licensing proposal. The District licenses plumb
ers, automobile repair agencies and other tech
nicians Licensing of itself, Of course, does not
guarantee satisfactory service, but it provides q
restraint on dy-by-night operations. The Dis
trict cannot solve the whole problem, however.
It behooves the reputable television dealers Of
Washington to join Ia setting up code of ethics
for the servicing industry, Just as code has
been adopted for hroadcasting.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
The Soviet Budget

IL is nOC POSSIBLE 10 QraW a SOunQ or accurate
comparison between the budget just adopted by
the Soviet Union for 1852 and our own Federal
budget as submitted by President Truman for
fiscal 1858. The only thing we can be reason
ably sure of is that the Kremlin, despite its
claims to the contrary, is spending considerably
more than we are in the military field.
To begin with, the new Soviet budget is the
biggest In Russian history. Transating the
rubles into dollars on the basis of the Kremlin's
artificial exchange rates, 1t adds up to spending
total of almost $120 billion. This total, however,
is more or less meaningless in terms of compar-
ing it with the $85 billion in American outlayS
proposed by Mr.. Truman. The two figures can
not be measured against each other because the
true value of the ruble in relation to our money
cannot be figured out without the price statistics
and other economic data that the secretive
Stain government refuses to publish.
Further than that, besides covering invest
ments in many categories left to private enter
prise or to State and city spending in the United
States, the Soviet budget classifies as non-mili-
tary numerous expenditures that are put down
as military in our own budget. So when the
Kremlin says that less than Is per cent of its
total outlays for 1852 has been earmarked for
its arms and armed forces, and when it declares
that this is only about a third Of what we are
pouring out in the same held-thus proving"
that we are 'warmongering" against the peace
loving" u s. S. RIVE have nothing but another
example of Red propaganda doing violence to
the facts of the situation.
Thus, by way of illustration, this Soviet
version of Soviet spending flies in the face OF a
survey published earlier this year by the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Ac-
cording to the survey, approximately n per cent
of Russia's 1851 "gross investment" (money
invested in plants, equipment, etc., was devoted
to armaments and other military undertakings.
In 1850 the figure was SO per cent And what
percentage Of our American gross investment"
went into the same field? In l950-again accord
ing to the u. N survey-the figure was only about
80 per cent, and in 1851, with the Korean war on,
it was 81 per cent, still 10 per cent less than
Russa's outlay, which has gone up some more
for 1852.
But this is only part OF the comparative pic
ture. While the United States continues to
produce vast amount Of consumer goods and
to maintain the worlds highest living standards,
the Kremlin is holding down Russian civilian
output to a cruelty deficient level. Moreover,
Soviet money buys much more than ours does
because the Stain dictatorship, besides exploiting
millions in slave-labor camps has imposed upon
its subjects wage scales and working conditions
so miSerably low that that dictatorship. accord
ing to some expert estimates can procure mill
tary personnel and equipment at rate Of 10
cents or less for every dollar we spend for the
same purpose.
These and similar considerations speak for
themselves. Although the Soviet budget has been
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