New Cabinet Members Speed Defense Program
Following their recent confirmation by the U. S. senate, the new secretary of navy and secretary of war
are hard at work on their task of national defense. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox confers with Edward
R. Stettinlus (left) and William S. Knud sen (right), members of the national defense board. At extreme
right Is Col. Henry L. Stimson, the new secretary of war. Colonel Knox was vice presidential candidate on
the Republican ticket in 1936. Colonel Stimson has served in two previous Republican cabinets.
Refugee British Kids Find Safe Haven in America
A group of refugee British children are shown after their arrival in New York city. These youngsters are
more fortunate than thousands more in England who, because of a shortage of shipping facilities cannot be
brought over immediately. The refugee children will be cared for by friends and relatives in America.
The United States Committee for the Care of European Children is in charge of arrangements for placing the
youngsters in American homes.
Ready for Another Bout With Nazis
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Captain Moscicki, (right) son of the former president of Poland, is
seen in London where he was recuperating from the effects of a head
wound received during the last days of fighting in France. Moscicki is
chatting with a French officer on the staff of General de Gaulle, who
has organized French resistance to the Nazis in co-operation with the
British government, following the armistice.
Desert ‘Warships’ Fight in Africa
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Warfare in the deserts of Africa is part of the conflict being waged
between Great Britain and Italy for the possession of colonial territory.
British tanks especially designed for desert operations are shown dash
ing across the sandy wastes of Egypt during recent military movements.
The tanks are designed to travel at high speed ever sand.
I Stratosphere Ace
Cementing: Pan-American friend
ship, Capt. C. Haller Goodwyn takes
off from Miami, Fla., to inaugurate
a non-stop, substratosphere air serv
ice for passenger, mail and express
between North and South America.
This plane made its first flight to
Barranquilia, Colombia.
G. O. P. Chairman
Thick into the fight to elect Wen
dell L. Wlllkie as President goes
Congressman Joe Martin of Massa
chusetts who was selected as chair
man of the Republican National
committee to direct the campaign.
He succeeded John D. M. Hamilton.
Bahamas to Be New Home for W indsor and ‘W ally’
In Nassau, capital of the Bahama Islands, is shown the government house where the duke and duchess of
Windsor will take up residence when the former Edward VIII of England assumes his duties as governor and
commander-in-chief. The appointment of Windsor to this post was one of the most sensational moves in
recent diplomatic history. The duke and "Wally” are shown above. They will arrive In the Bahamas for
their new duties some time next month.
‘F. D. R.’ Library Becomes Museum for U. S. People
Formal transfer of the newly completed “Franklin D. Roosevelt library” at Hyde Park, N. ¥., which
eventually will house the President’s state, political and personal papers, will provide the nation with a
unique museum. At the transfer ceremonies are shown (left to right): John Shain, builder; Louis Simon, ar
chitect of the treasury; Frank Walker, treasurer of the F. D. R. Library, Inc., who is turning over the
key to R. D. W. Connor; President Roosevelt and son James.
This ‘Haymaker’ Explosive Was No Dud
No dud was this lethal missile which Ken Overlin, middleweight boxer,
explodes against the chin of Harry Balsamo, his opponent, in a 10-round
charity non-title bout in New York city. This fight action was caught by
the 1/100,OOOth-of-a-second photographic speed of the camera. The bout
ended in the ninth round with a knockout victory by Overlin.
Women Pray for Future of France
In France’s most tragic period since its defeat by the Prussians in
1871, women gather In tearful prayer before the Memorial to the World
War Dead at Bordeaux. With complete military coilapse, the French
cabinet, headed by Marshal Henri Petain, formed a government along
Fascist principles like their conquerors, the totalitarian states, eliminat
ing President Lebrun.
‘Business as Usual’
A member of the crew of a British
fighting plane holds one of the
plane’s carrier pigeons in one hand,
and in the other the egg laid by the
pigeon while the plane was In
action over Germany’s Heligoland.
In the Army Now
Winthrop Rockefeller, scion of the
oil fortune, is pictured) at the “sec
ond table” pitching Into his food at
the army training camp at Platts
burgh, N. Y.
Flow of Bile
Is Influenced
By FiXercise
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
ONE of the things that
formerly was difficult to
understand was how some
men ate enormous meals and
had no trouble r--“
with liver or TODAY’S
gall bladder ||CA|T||
while others nCHLI II
who ate meals COLUMN
of ordinary size
were troubled with indiges
tion, belching, desire to vomit,
constipation, and other signs
of a slow or sluggish liver and
gall bladder. The explanation
is that the heavy eater is one
who is also active, takes
plenty of exercise — riding,
golfing, brisk walks and the
other sits at his desk all day.
Nature meant that man should
move about, bend his body, reach
Dr. Barton
up ana aown, au ox
which not only
squeezes the liver
and gall bladder but
also makes him
breathe deeply.
Deep breathing, by
pressing the dia
phragm (floor of
chest and roof of ab
domen) against the
liver, squeezes it
and increase the
flow of bile.
Will bile not flow
unless exercise is taken? Bile is
manufactured and will flow down
into small intestine, into gall blad
der, and from gall bladder also to
small intestine, even if no exer
cise is taken. But the amount made
and rapidity with which it flows can
greatly be influenced by exercise.
Over a Quart of Bile.
Just how much bile is manufac
tured in 24 hours and how fast it
flows is recorded by Dr. I. C. Zuck
erman and associates, in American
Journal of Digestive Diseases. A
patient with a fistula—opening in
duct carrying the bile—was ob
served when starved and no bile
taken by mouth. Over a quart of
bile was manufactured in 24 hours.
In regard to the rate of flow, it
was found that the hourly rate of
flow during day and night was fairly
regular. There was, however, a six
hour interval during night and early
morning (when patient was sleep
ing) when there was a noticeable
decrease in the bile flow.
What does this teach us? It
teaches us that when the body is
completely at rest, bile flow is slow
er than when body is active. If, sev
eral times a day we would bend
the body with knees straight or take
a few long breaths we could increase
the bile flow and prevent constipa
tion.
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The Prevention of
Stones in Kidneys
TODAY physicians are not content
simply to treat kidney stone col
ic and remove large stones, but are
studying the causes of these stones
and how best to prevent these stones
from forming. The Stone clinic
was organized at the Massachusetts
General hospital, Boston. Dr. Full
er Albright, in the New England
Medical Journal, says:
“The Stone clinic represents an
effort to learn more about the preven
tion of kidney stones by a combined
study of the problem by the general
physician, the chemist and the
urinologist (specialist in kidney and
bladder diseases). There are un
doubtedly many factors that influ
ence the formation of stones—stasis
(sluggish circulation), infection
(from various parts of the body),
lack of or insufficient amount of
vitamins, lack of colloids (matter or
substance in a glue-like condition),
excess of crystalloids (matter or
substance in a crystal form) in the
urine, and so forth.”
Method of Treatment.
The thought then in investigating
stones is that a urine of a certain
composition precipitates or manu
factures a stone composed largely of
the substances thrown down by or
precipitated by this certain type of
urine—cystine stone, uric acid
stone, calcium phosphate stone.
This being the case then, medical
treatment consists in trying to re
duce the manufacture of the sub
stances forming the stone by the
urine, or to try to change the com
position of the urine so as to keep
the substances solvent
The first step in the treatment is
to find out the type of stone that is
present. Dr. Albright states that
taking large amounts of fluids is
ideal treatment for all kinds of
stone.
QUESTION BOX
Q.—Could gas interfere with the
heart action enough to cause pain?
A.—Gas could interfere with heart
action by crowding it. By avoid
ing foods causing the gas or bending
from side to side to dislodge the
gas, you should get relief from gas
pressure.
Q.—I have just recovered from in
fluenza and pneumonia and my hair
has dropped out till I am nearly
bald. Will it grow in again?
A.—Your hair should return with
in two years.