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    A Traffic Cop Goes to College
Each year a 9-month course is offered to a carefully selected group
of traffic policemen from all parts of the country by the Northwest
ern University Traffic Institute in Evanston, III. The school teas cre
ated in 1936 by a grant from the Automotive Safety Foundation. A
trained staff under Lieut. F. M. Kreml, director, conducts highly
specialised courses in all phases of traffic control.
The student officers spend a minimum of 22 hours a week in for
mal classroom study and at least that many in outside preparation.
A. R. Forster, director of training, diagrams a collision scene for
the benefit of five members of the class.
Circle: Homeieork .. . Here two
students are “cracking the books"
/or next day's classes.
Right: First aid is an important
element in the curriculum. Here
Lieut. A. J. Nagel demonstrates
the head bandage.
Above: A carefully
staged “accident,” in
which students are
called to investigate.
Many real accidents
are also investigated.
Test for drunkenness, which is
made with a Harger drunkometer,
a device which determines the
amount of alcohol the driver has
taken, from the air in his lungs.
VISIONS
S3
B> KARL GRAYSON
'Assort ted Newspapers.)
WNU Service.
tir I "'HE mind,” stated Ahmed
I Sala In his droning mono
j tone, “is capable of all
things. The stars proclaim
our destiny.”
David Carens, 15, not only be
lieved that the turban-capped Ahm
ed possessed mystic powers, but he
allowed himself to be inveigled into
attending a course of special train
ing, with no less a personage for his
instructor than Mr. Sala himself.
Unbeknownst to his family, David
turned over each week his allow
ance of $3 while Ahmed Sala read
the stars and proclaimed great
things for the boy’s future.
Within a month’s time David was
convinced that he himself possessed
an unusual mind. He went into
what he chose to call trances, on
which occasions he saw visions
which enabled him to predict hap
penings of the future. Unfortunate
ly, one or two of his predictions
turned into actualities, which fact
strengthened the boy’s belief in his
own powers.
Later he began to spend a part of
each evening studying the stars.
With the aid of his mother’s social
calendar, he predicted that certain
things would happen on certain days,
and rather surprised and vaguely
alarmed his parents when the things
actually did take place.
Driven to it at last by his fa
ther's persistent questioning, David
admitted that he was psychic.
The elder Carens acted as if a hot
potato had suddenly become stuck in
his throat, but he kept a straight
Unbeknownst to his family, David
turned over each week his allow
ance of $3.
face. Later he conferred with Da
vid's mother, which conference re
sulted in a unanimous agreement
that the subject of discussion must
be cured of his ailment.
It seemed, however, as if the Car
ens’ resolution might have been
made a shade too late. At least for
a time they had cause for some
vague alarm and not a little con
cern.
It was while Cousin Anita Banks
was visiting at the Carens’ home
that David made his most astound
ing prediction. The boy came into
the dining room one bright morning
and found Cousin Anita holding a
one-sided conversation with the ca
nary in its cage. David, who had
approached from the opposite side
of the cage, suddenly rubbed his
eyes, stared, clapped a hand to his
head and seemed to swoon. Some
what alarmed. Cousin Anita sum
moned the elder Carenses. All three
of them stood helplessly by while
David rocked back and forth on
the balls of his feet, emitting low
and plaintive moans.
Presently, aided by a not too gen
tle shake at the hands of Mr. Car
ens, David came out of his swoon
and stared dazedly into the faces
of his relatives. Abruptly he closed
his eyes and put forth a hand.
"Oh, it’s horrible! Horrible!”
The Carenses looked at Cousin
Anita and Cousin Anita looked at
them.
"What’s horrible?" Mrs. Carens
asked anxiously. "Is it your stom
ach?"
"Horrible! Horrible!" David
passed a hand before his eyes and
then held the same hand extended
before him for silence. "I see it
again. A hole. A hole in Cousin
Anita’s forehead! It means—
death!” David’s voice trailed away
in a gasping whisper.
Mrs. Carens uttered a little fright
ened scream, and almost collapsed.
Mr. Carens swore. Cousin Anita
clutched at a table for support. Da
vid, peeping through his spread fin
gers, interpreted correctly the ex
pression on his father’s face, and
' backed out of the room somewhat
j hurriedly.
That night shortly after supper
i the telephone rang and Mr. Carens
answered it. After a perfunctory
conversation he replaced the re
ceiver and hurriedly climbed into
his coat His face, as he went out,
was grave and full of concern. More
over, David felt an odd sensation at
the look his father cast in his di
| rection before departing. A half
, hour later Mr. Carens returned. His
face was even more grave, and now
contained a look of horror. He came
directly to the table where David
l was sitting, laboring over some
homework.
"David, that telephone call was
from the police. They have found
Cousin Anita lying in a vacant field
behind Peabody's barn.” He paused
and his eyes grew wide. "David.
she’s dead, and there’s a hole In her
forehead, exactly as you predicted!"
“Dead?” David gulped, swal
lowed, felt his blood run cold.
“Dead?” he whispered hoarsely.
And a hole in her forehead?”
Mr. Carens nodded sadly. “I told
the police about your prediction. To
morrow you’ll have to go down to
headquarters and tell them what
you know.”
David leaped to his feet, eyes
bulging. ’’But I don’t know any
thing. Dad! I can’t help them any!
I—I—don’t want the police to ques
tion me.”
Mr. Carens hook his head.
"You’ll have to go all the same,
David. Tell them about your vision.
Who knows, you may have anoth
er!" ■
Perspiration began to appear
on David's forehead. Cousin Anita
dead! Good heavens, did the police
think he had anything to do with it?
Why In time did Dad have to say
anything about his vision anyhow?
David closed up his books and
started for his room. The situation
demanded private concentration.
Deep in thought David had almost
gained the top landing at the head
of the stairs before he saw the thing
that awaited him there, standing di
rectly in his path. She wore a long
flowing gown of some gray material,
and her whole being seemed to be
enshrouded in a sort of mist.
David's heart seemed to stand
still. He felt suddenly inert, para
lyzed with fear. Vaguely the thought
occurred to him that now he was
actually seeing a vision that was a
vision. For as he stood there the
woman slowly raised an arm and
pointed to a gaping hole in her
forehead. She was, David saw, no
one else than Cousin Anita!
David emitted one frightened
bleat and toppled over backwards.
His mother picked him up at the
foot of the stairs and with her wel
come assistance the youth managed
to reach the sanctity of the lighted
living room. The boy was too fright
ened to notice the suppressed mirth
in his father’s glance.
"See another vision, son?”
David’s teeth were chattering, but
he managed to blurt out what he’d
seen on the stair landing. Mr. Car
ens expressed polite surprise and
went back to his reading, a fact
which disturbed David considerably.
‘‘But, Dad, it was real! It’s up
there now! Oughtn’t you go see?”
"Me? Why, son, I must confess
I’ve no such powers. No, I’m afraid
visions aren’t in my line."
David cast a look of desperation
toward his mother. But his mother
was en route to the kitchen. Some
matter of imminent importance, it
seemed, had called her there.
David sat down close to his fa
ttier, a forlorn, a helpless figure.
Twice he started to speak but
thought better of it, remembering
dismally that visions such as the one
he had witnessed on the stairs were
supposedly, as far as his folks were
concerned, quite common to his su
perior inteUigence.
Later that evening, after several
hours during which David sat in
fear-stricken silence, Mr. Carens
and his son got together on a confi
dential deal. David agreed to dis
continue entirely his activities as a
spiritualist and to devote his entire
time to homework and sane conduct.
Mr. Carens relieved the youth’s feel
ings by admitting the death of Cous
in Anita was a put-up job, and sup
ported his argument by summoning
the lady herself, who appeared with
a forehead free from holes.
And thereafter David Carens ad
mitted only to himself, and then in
rare and extremely imaginative mo
ments, that he was at all psychic.
Malnutrition, Microbes
Blamed for Mental Ills
Malnutrition and microbes were
given the major blame for mental
defectiveness in reports made at the
second annual meeting of the Amer
ican Association of Mental Deficien
cy, Pacific States section.
For a highlight, the good word was
spoken that:
"There are ample reasons to be
lieve that new cases of cretinism (a
form of idiocy prevalent among
children in certain localities) should
be well on the road to eradication
within the span of a generation or
two.”
In making that prediction, Dr.
Emilian O. Houda of Tacoma, Wash.,
(the state which has the highest per i
capita rate of goiter incidence in the
United States) stated:
"That is, if the teachings which
recognize the true causes are ac
cepted.”
These causes, according to the
doctor, are “a long train of events
which start in normal thyroid
glands,” with “goiters primary fac
tors incriminated as the ultimate
cause” of cretinic mental deficien
cy.
“The congenital form of cretinism
is due, ultimately, to the specific
activators of thyroid disease,” the
speaker stated.
Both, when acquired from the
goitrous glands of expectant moth
ers or after birth, the factor of long
neglected thyroid disease or of sur
gical removal of a grossly degen
erated gland is present, he declared.
“The goiter is of microbic origin
and, therefore, the primary factor
of cretinism lies in the science of
microbiology," he explained.
Fortunately, he said, the prophy
lactic is universally applicable and
is predicated on Introducing thyroid
products to supply a deficiency
caused by impairment of the glandu
lar functions. For dwarfism, pitu
itary extract is a specific, and, for
simple goiter, Immunizing injections
are effective, he reported.
Prevention of
Pneumonia by
Food and Rest
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
I (Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
SO STARTLING has been
the drop in the death rate
in pneumonia due to sulpha
i nilimide and similar drugs
that a movie "
shows two phy- TODAY’S
sicians trying urii| ru
to reduce the "£HHn
death rate to column I
nothing as they -
feel that there should now be
no deaths in pneumonia.
Despite this new and effective
drug, the number of cases of pneu
monia is not decreasing, in fact it is
increasing, because one attack of
Dr. Barton
pneumonia in an in
dividual does not
prevent further at
tacks, as it does in
some ailments, but
actually predisposes
the patient to fur
ther attacks.
In one country
where there has
been stress, strain,
overwork and under
nutrition for some
years, one of the re
ports from the phy
sicians of that country shows a
great increase in the number of
cases of pneumonia.
It was found that the number of
cases increased greatly during the
cold months. This was thought to
be due to there being less sunshine
during the winter months, but fur
ther investigation showed that cold
ness and dampness were equally, if
not more, to blame.
Most of us are aware of the chill
experienced after being heated by
exercise or after having a hot bath.
The chilliness or coldness of the air
seems to stiffen or tighten the mus
cles. This is well known to base
ball pitchers, who often on a warm
day put on a sweater or put their
pitching arm in the sleeve of their
sweater while their team is at bat.
Blood Chilled.
Cold air striking the warm body
means that the blood going back to
the lungs is chilled and not able to
take on oxygen or throw off wastes
as well. This blood is therefore not
able to throw off, or prevent, the or
ganisms of pneumonia or other dis
eases from starting trouble.
Heat is life to the body and its de
fenses and cold has the opposite
effect, particularly in those who are
rundown and undernourished.
To avoid pneumonia then, we
should eat well, get plenty of sleep,
and avoid draughts, dampness and
cold when we are heate^
* * *
Insulin and Its
Effect on Weight
ASA youngster, and even well up
** into my teens, I enjoyed read
ing stories of the South Sea islands
and the savage tribes which in
habited them. I always laughed to
myself as I read of the "medicine”
men and of how they would boil the
organs of animals and give the
“soup” to sick natives.
Today we know that the soup of
organs such as the pancreas, liver
and stomach, extracted by refined
scientific methods, saves the lives of
hundreds of thousands yearly by
preventing death in diabetes and
pernicious anaemia.
Some months ago I recorded the
experience of several physicians who
had found insulin of great help in
building up underweight children.
Just how the insulin increased
weight was still unknown, but that
it increased the appetite was one
noticeable result. An editorial in
the Journal of the American Medi
cal association suggests that the in
sulin stimulates the nerve which
causes the stomach walls to con
tract and so set up hunger pains,
and increase the amount of stom
ach and other digestive juices, so
that more of the food that is eaten
would be absorbed into the blood,
thus giving more strength and in
creasing the weight. The fact also
that insulin reduces the amount of
sugar in the blood by enabling the
body to use more sugar (instead of
letting it be thrown out in the urine)
also increases the hunger pains in
the stomach.
One of the methods of stimulating
appetite, particularly in nervous or
mental cases, is the use of hista
mine. That insulin is more effec
tive in these cases is recorded by
Dr. P. Horstmann, Finland, who
tested out both histamine and insu
lin in six such cases, one of which
had the normal quantity and quality
of stomach digestive juice and five
did not. In all cases insulin was
more effective than histamine.
• * *
QUESTION BOX
Q.—Please list the alkaline and
acid-forming foods.
A.—Acid-forming foods are: Eggs,
meat, fish, poultry, breads of all
kinds (both white and whole wheat),
cereals, pastries, puddings. Base
forming foods are: Milk, nuts, fruits
(except cranberries, plums, prunes
and rhubarb), vegetables.
Q.—Is there a cure for Parkinson’s
disease?
A. Parkinson’s disease, or shaking
palsy, has no known cure. Quisling
| medicines are helpful.
Farm
Topics
YOUNG BULLS
REQUIRE CARE
Good Feeding Produces
Best Results.
By L. J. CASE
(Extension Animel Husbandman, N. C.
State College.)
Many farmers have recently add
ed a herd of beef cattle to their
agricultural enterprises. It is high
ly important that they take ade
quate care of the herd bull, especial
ly if the animal is young.
Young bulls should be well fed
and cared for in order to grow them
out properly. A good ration is equal
parts of corn, crushed oats and wheat
bran, and all the legume hay the
animal will eat. If legume hay is
not available, add about one-half
pound of a protein supplement with
the grain mixture. Where wheat
bran is too high in price, double the
amount of oats in the ration.
The total amount of grain to be
fed should vary with the condition
of the bull, but in no case should it
be necessary to feed more than one
pound to each 100 pounds live weight
of the animal. Small amounts of
good sweet silage may be fed to the
bull, but large quantities may prove
detrimental.
The young bull should have access
to salt and pure water at all times,
and a mineral mixture of equal
parts of steamed bone meal, ground
limestone, and salt should be kept
where he can help himself.
The beef type bull should not be
put into service until he is at least
one year old. The first year he may
be used on not over 10 or 12 cows,
one service to the cow. The bull
should have access to a well-fenced
lot or pasture where he can take ex
ercise. An open shed or shelter of
some kind should be available. Some
bred cows running in the same lot
with the bull will induce exercise.
In no case should the young bull
be allowed to run with unbred fe
males.
Rotation Grazing of Sheep
Prevents Stomach Worms
Rotation grazing of sheep is the
ideal preventive measure for stom
ach worms, believe animal patholo
gists of the University of Illinois
college of agriculture.
Since preventive measures are
based on breaking the life cycle of
the worm, the young and uninfested
animals should not be allowed to
contact the manure from infested an
imals. Most serious effects are seen
among lambs, and since growth
must be made while the animals are
young, the safest pastures should
be made available to the lambs.
First symptoms are dullness, lack
of thrift and often diarrhea. Later
the skin and mucous membranes of
the eye and mouth become pale as
a result of the anemia caused by
the blood-sucking habits of the para
site. Swellings may appear along
the lower jaw, dewlap or brisket.
Stomach worms are tiny blood
sucking worms % to IV4 inches long
and smaller than an ordinary pin.
The adult worm attaches itself to
the lining of the fourth stomach and
feeds for awhile, then commonly
shifts to a new point of attachment,
leaving a bleeding wound resem
bling a pin-prick. The adult female
lays many eggs which pass out with
the droppings and contaminate the
ground. The eggs hatch in from a
few hours to several days, depend
ing upon conditions of temperature
and moisture. The larvae undergo
further development until they reach
a stage capable of infesting the host.
In this stage they are very resistant
to drying and low temperature.
When the grass is wet the larvae
crawl up blades of grass to be swal
lowed by grazing sheep. Reaching
the stomach, they mature in two to
three weeks and in another week or
two the females are producing eggs
in large numbers.
Farm Notes
American cash income from farm
marketings and government pay
ments in December amounted to
$837,000,000 as compared with $801,
000,000 in December of 1939.
• • •
Recent reports from Vichy say
that most of the cattle in unoccupied
France will soon have to be slaugh
tered because of a critical shortage
of corn, barley, oats, and other feed.
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The United States produces about
30 per cent of the world’s beef sup
ply. Argentina, Brazil, and Uru
guay combined produce about 25 per
cent.
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Some agricultural experts believe
that with farm labor costs going up
just as farmers are sending their
sons into the draft army, there will
be an increasing need for farm ma
chinery.
* • •
Prices of ready-to-wear clothing
increased 5 to 10 per cent in 1940
and are expected to rise as much
more in 1941. Woolen garments and
leather goods are especially likely
to rise in price because of the de
mand for wool, hides, and leather
for defense purposes.
Largest Uncut Diamond
The Vargas diamond, found in
Brazil in 1938 and named in honor
of President Vargas, is the world’s
largest uncut diamond. It was ex
hibited at the New York World’s
fair, and weighs 726.69 carats.
Only three other diamonds ever
exceeded it in size, and all three
have been cut. These were the
South African Cullinan diamc id
of 3,025.75 carats, the South Af
rican Excelsior of 995.20 carats,
and the Indian Grand Mogul,
weighing 787 carats.
Estimates of the value of the
Vargas stone range from $500,000
to $1,500,000, depending upon fu
ture conditions of the diamond
market which is currently disrupt
ed by the war.
BEAUTY SCHOOL
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Individual Instruction, graduates placed In
good paying positions. Write Kathryn Wil
son. manager, for FREE BOOKLET. Cali
fornia Beauty School, Omaha, Nebr.
Live Stock Commission
BYERS BROS & CO.
A Real Live Stock Com. Firm
At the Omaha Market
Our Revelation
In all lives there is a formation
of character. It comes from
many causes, and from some
which on the surface are apparent
ly even trivial. But the result is
the same; a sudden revelation
to ourselves of our secret purpose
and a recognition of our, perhaps
long-shadowed, but now masterful,
convictions.—Van Amburgh.
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Showing Character
A man never shows his own
character so plainly as by his
manner of portraying another’s.—
Jean Paul Richter.
Pull the Trigger on
Lazy Bowels, with
Ease for Stomach, too
When constipation brings on acid in
digestion, stomach upset, bloating, dizzy
spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste and
bad breath, your stomach is probably
“crying the blues” because your bowels
don’t move. It calls for Laxative-Senna
to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels,
combined witnSyrup Pepsin for perfect
ease to your stomach in taking. For years,
many Doctors have given pepsin prepa
rations in their prescriptions to make
medicine more agreeable to a touchy stom
ach. So be sure your laxative contains
Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Caldwell’8
Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pep
sin. See how wonderfully the Laxative
Senna wakes up lazy nerves and muscles
in your intestines to bring welcome relief
from constipation And the good old
Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so com
fortable and easy on your stomach. Even
finicky children love the taste of this
pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Cald
well's Laxative Senna at your druggist
today. Try one laxative combined with
Syrup Pepsin for ease to your stomach, too.
Deceiving Ourselves
We deceive and flatter no one by
such delicate artifices as we do
our own selves.—Schopenhauer.
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16—41
WATCH
ti&Speuats
You can depend on the spe
cial sales the merchants of
our town announce in the
columns of this paper.They
mean money saving to our
readers. It always pays to
patronize the merchants
who advertise. They are
not afraid of their mer
chandise or their prices.