The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 06, 1941, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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Brain Tumor Detected
With Electric 'Brain9
An electrical "brain" that analyzes
the human brain?determining
whether tfie owner is mentally ill
and the nature of the illness, and
detecting the presence and defining
the location of a brain tumor?recently
attracted the attention of doctors
at the scientific exhibition of
the American Medical association in
Seattle.
The device, technically known as
an electro-encephalograph, was exhibited
by its designers. Dr. Frederic
A. Gibbs, W. G. Lennox and
A. M. Grass of the Boston City
hospital.
The electrical brain detects and
records the waves that are generated
by millions of tiny "dynamos"
In the human brain, sorts them out
according to wave length and en,
ergy and draws a spectrum of-them
so that the scientists can analyze
the contents of a brain.
Discovery of the method of analysis
was announced a year ago by the
Boston City hospital scientists and
since they have studied thousands of
brains, ill and rfbrmal, and have discovered
that the principul peak in
the spectrum curve gives au index
of the mental state of the indfvidual.
Schizophrenia, the disease of split
personality, has a principul wuve
frequency of 10 per second, and the I
epileptic, when a shock is approaching,
moves the principal wave frequency
to 9 per second.
The normal person, Dr. Gibbs explained,
has a brain wave spectrum
ranging from 1 to 50 waves per
second, with the greater amounts of
energy in the lower frequencies.
When abnormal conditions arise the
energy shifts from the higher to the
lower frequencies.
"The brain can be likened to a
great electrical network into which
great many powerhouses are conducting
electricity, each one at a
different frequency. Some of them
are up to great strength and others
die down. We can't see the power
houses, but by measuring the voltage
of each frequency we can tell
at which powerhouse there has been
some change in activity and, perhaps,
what caused it.
Innocent Suspects Freed
After Lie Detector Tests
Lie detector tests were recently
described as of primary importance 1
to innocent persons, as well as extremely
valuable in the disclosure
of those with guilty consciences.
Detective-Lieut. Harold Mulbar,
lie detector expert for the state police
in Michigan, revealed that the
polygraph tests last year cleared
half of the suspects who submitted
to them.
"Of 222 suspects, 111 were cleared,
98 were found to indicate deception,
49 made confessions and the
other 13 were of a mentality which
could not be tested adequately," he
said.
Mulbar confirmed an International
City Managers' association report
that the lie detector is an economical
device. He estimated that it
eliminated $25,000 worth of police
investigation in 1938.
The association report declared
that lie detectors are standard police
equipment now in 15 cities, seven
states including Michigan and
the federal bureau of identification.
In Evanston, 111., and Wichita.
Kan., all applicants for police jobs
must take the tests. In East Cleveland,
tests are given all applicants
for civil service positions.
\ Pronunciations Differ
In Quebec tliry spell it Joliette i
Most of the townors call it Jollyet
but u few ritzrd it to Zholy-aye. In '
Wisconsin there is a burg spelled J
Allouoz. Natives sav Al-o-wecz. Pur- i
ists claim it should be Al-o-way.
In Egypt, one would say Ky-ro; |
but the division point on the Illinois j
Central is Kayrow. If you are J
buying a ticket in Peoria to the j
adjacent Mason county town you
ask for a ducat to San Jo/. If the j
transaction is made "at San Francis- i
co fur transportation to the mam '
town of Santa Clara county the pro- j
nunciation is San Hosey.
Layfee-et might horrify an alum- j
nus of the Sorbonne, 'but it'll get I
you where you want to go if you !
are headed for the Wabash settleiv.cut
Perhaps lexicographers would
! hd out for Terra Hote but most
Vu;o *v f dk still call it Terry '
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Kodiak Doubles Population
Wh.ie most cit.es in the United j
Stctus of America are shedding bitu
r tears because the recent census
did not show any, or but little increase
in their population, the little
town of Kodiak, in western Alaska,
doubled its populnt.an. 13ut the increase
has produced an embarrassing
obstacle to future expansion, according
to W. J. Erskme, president
of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce.
It seems that most of the
land adjoining present city limits is j
owned by squatters who won't give I
up their property. Kodiak is prob- [
ably one of the busiest towns in the
North American continent because
of the hundreds of workers employed
on the construction of the
United States naval base.
Loaded (inns
Firearms are the third most important
cause of male mortalities
Deaths due to rlovo' 'i ns or
less handling of . j . . >
1.2 de.vhs r ebut
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Extinction of Salmon,
Lumber Sourcet Foreseen
Complete extinction of the Pacific
Northwest's two lifeblood industries,
salmon and lumber, is not far off
if drastic regulatory conservation
measures are delayed too long, two
scientists of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
have declared.
Need for regulation of catches in
the salmon industry in Washington,
Oregon and Alaska was sounded by
Dr. Henry B. Ward, professor emeritus
of the University of Illinois, considered
the nation's outstanding
salmon authority.
"The end of the salmon fisheries
is in sight, at the rate we are going
now," Dr. Ward declared. "The reduction
of salmon already has gone
beyond the point of safety.
"Elimination of fish traps in Washington
was a fine thing, but if un|
restricted fishing of other types is
to be permitted the good done is
, lost.
"Alaska salmon fishing was in a
bad way a few years ago. Restrictions
were put in and the number of
fish increased. But now the restrictions
hove been broken down again."
Fishing everywhere should be restricted
so there is a sufficient escapement
to allow for a gradual inj
crease each year in the number of !
I fish, the scientist declared.
A warning of "eventual bankruptcy"
in the lumber industry was
voiced by Robert W. Cowlin of the
Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment
station, Portland.
In making his predictions Cowlin
pointed out that the present annual
drain on Douglas fir resources in
western Washington and Oregon is
approximately 10,000,000,000 board
feet.
Despite restocking operations, new
growth to offset that used amounts
to only less than 3,000,000,000 board
feet a year, he said.
"Of the 5,400,000 acres of cut over
forest lands in this region which
were not converted to non-forest\ise,
about half was adequately , restocked,"
Cowlin said. "The other
, half has been poorly restocked or
not at all."
Because of great fertility, the
Douglas fir region has a potential
annual growth of nearly as much
as is cut each year, Cowlin said,
but added:
"Under a continuation of the crude
treatment given the region's forest
resources in the past, it is doubtful (
if half of its estimated potential productivity
could ever bo achieved.
Obviously this condition will eventually
lead to bankruptcy of our forest
resources if uncorrected."
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Build New Simian Isle
For Philippine Monkey
Thirty Philippine simians who
can't be kept in an ordinary cage
will have a new home soon, in
Seattle. Their new home will be on
an island built for them, exclusively,
by the government, through a
WPA project.
On this island they will have all
the conveniences of a well-kept cage,
plus privacy. Separated from the
mainland.by a 20-foot moat, they
will be able to leave the glass-house
atmosphere of their surface home
and retire into a basement built on
the general plan of an air-raid cellar.
An imitation spring and a cascade
-at one side of the island will give
the monkeys a home-like atmosphere,
and an imitation bark wall (
around the moat will complete the j
illusion for the zoo fans. They will j
have two concrete trees to climb on, j
and one real tree, good enough for
anybody's island. Water will be
eight inches deep at the island edge
and two feet eight inches at the out
set near the wall.
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Calcium important .Mineral
"Calcium is undoubtedly one of :
the most important minerals needed j
by the body," say the nutritionists, j
'It is part of the very framework
upon which the body is built and is j
jihsoliuely necessary Tor the iorma^4
tion of bones. Lack of calcium dur- 1
ing childhood results in bones which j
are poorly calcified and may be dc- '
formed. The adult, of course, has ]
reached full growth as far as bones !
are concerned, but calcium is re- '
quired for the nourishment of the j
soft tissues. If the diet lacks cal- i
cium, the mineral is borrowed from |
the bones which, if borrowing con- j
tinues, become partially exhausted
and hence may easily he frac- |
tured."
Luckily the .teeth do not give up:
their store of calcium or many poo- !
pie would lose their teeth at an early j
age, the nutritionists say. I
Durable
Limestone
Limestone applied more than 20
years ago still is bringtng increased
yields worth $6 ar. acre at the experiment
field that the Kentucky
Agricultural Experiment station
maintains near Mayfield in Graves
county, Kentucky.
One plot v.as limed in 1913 and j
again m 1917, the total amount used !
being less than four tons of lime- j
stone screenings to the acre. An- |
other plot never was limed. Both (
plots were treated with 550 pounds of
16 per cent superphosphate once in
every four-year-rototion.
The limed plot consistently has
out-pfoduccd the unlimed land. In
the last four year rotation, the increased
yields have been worth an
average of $6 an acre each year, figuring
corn worth 50 . ents a bushel,
wheat 75 cents a bushel, pnd hay
*10 a ton I
Dog Never Neglected
Wherever civilization has ?dvanced
to the act of painting or
printing, the dog finds a place. He
has not been neglected by history or
f forgotten by poets. The religious
books of ull pagan nations find a
place for him, and he is mentioned
in both the Old and the New Testament.
He is the delight of the poor
man's hovel and the rich man's
mansion. Wealth, caste, social distinction
ure all one to him. But he
knows the just from the unjust, the
kind from the unkind, the charitable
from the uncharitable, the true from
the false, and the man from the
hypocrita.
French Garrison
High above the city of Quebec is
the stone walled citadel overlooking
the St. Lawrence river. First built
by the French, then rebuilt by the
British, it has for a century been
guarded by a French Canadian garrison.
Members of the force speak
French except when giving military
commands, then they speak English,
Their uniforms are British and they
form a regular part of the Canadian
army.
Platinum Resistance
High resistance of platinum to
corrosion and oxidation has made
this metal essential for chemical
equipment in processes where high
purity of product is essential. Lately,
the field of such uses has been
considerably broadened by the
availability of platinum-el^ a thin
cladding of the precious metal bonded
to one or both surfaces of a base
metal, usually copper or nickel.
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Modern Clothing
National dresses in Europe are
gradually being replaced by clothing
less decorative but more adapted to
modern usage. Pride and joy of
workmanship is fast giving way to
the indifferent tending of machines
and its accompanying discontents,
because of the swift mechanical
age the people are living ih.
Shorts Public Nuisance
Roy Fenton, operator of a beer
parlor and sandwich shop, was
charged with creating a public
nuisance because his waitresses
wear shorts while they wait on
trade. The girls also were charged
with indecent exposure. The
charges were brought aftcf housewives
complained.
Not Here
The shortest distance between
i two points may be in a straight
line everywhere else, but not when
you climb the Pyramid of the Sun
at Teotihuacan, near Mexico City.
The easiest way to reach the top is
by a zig-zag route over the 222
steps, and it's less tiring.
Building House
More than 500 operations, such as
sawing, hammering, and roofing,
are used in the construction of an
average house. More than 20 skills
or trades and over 200 pieces of
equipment are also required to assemble
its 30,000 parts.
Bonny Baker
Bonny Baker, who became famous
singing "Oh, Johnny, Oh," and
"When I Walk With Billie," (both
songs 20 years old) was making but
$40 a week two years ago. Now she
earn? $5,000 a week.
Medicinal Plants
Havana will establish a section of
typically tropical medicinal plants
adjoining the Bosque do la Habana,
the cost to be borne by the government
and the National Pharmaceutical
association.
Silk Hosiery
It is estimated that motion picture
stars in Hollywood wear
$1,150,000 worth of silk hosiery each
year. The studios spend $350,000 of
it and the actresses an average of
$1,500 to $2,500.
Splits Oak Tree
A metal working machine tr
stalled in a Pennsylvania research
laboratory to test lull-Size....fnbricnl ?
ed aluminum products has split an
oak tree with a million-pound thrust
Airplane Silencer
A Montreal inventor has developed
a silencer for airplane cngnas
up to 1.000 horsepower that cuts out
70 per cent of the noise withe it
causing excess pressure.
Deepest Fresh-Water Lake
Soundings taken at 5,400 feet haye
established Lake Baikal in southern
Siberia as the world's deepest freshwater
lake.
Utilize Farm Waste
The utilization of farm wastes :n
the making of candy has been reported
to the American Chemical
society.
Enamel Kcmovcr
Enamel can be removed by an
enamel liquid paint remover, obtainable
at a paint store.
Sailor First
Stephen Driver, an old sailor, was
the fust to call the flag "Old Glory"
during the Civil war.
Fasts 7 4 Days
Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor
of Cork, fasted for 74 days in 1020 j
Cotton Shortage
Portugal's textile industry is hampered
by a cotton shortage. f
First Jazz Band
Julicn's a N-^ro dance band, was
the first krovn yzi band. J_
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