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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JANUARY 21,1947
Animals Protect 'Bomb' Workers
Cleveland. (UP)—Animal experiments by which workers on the atomic bomb project were saved from the danger of skin cancer were described here by Dr. Ray S. Snider of the Chicago metallurgical laboratory.
Dr. Snider was one of the scientists attending the meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. He said there was only one death from irradiation during the production of the bomb.
Connected with the medical protective division of the Manhattan project, Dr. Snider's assignment was to direct the pathological and historical studies of skin changes in experimental animals subjected to beta rays and slow neutron rays. Some animals were given large single doses, others small daily doses.
The irradiation caused pre-cancerous and cancerous conditions, he said. The rats developed cancer 100 per cent, with the tumors varying in size and seriousness according to the amount of irradiation projected.
The doctor described what irradiation did to the animals, stating that first reactions were skin rash, loss of surface layers of skin and hair changing of the animal's hair to gray, followed by the development of tumors.
By these experiments, it was learned how further to protect humans from the effects of accidental exposure to irradiation.
The protective work was aided by a belief that the reaction of the rays on the skin would be the same as from X-ray irradiation—that is, that penetrating rays that would usually heal cancerous tissues were likely to cause cancer if sprayed on healthy tissues, according to Dr. Snider.
To protect the workers from irradiation, walls seven feet thick were built, and thus "health hazards thought to be insurmountable at the beginning we overcome," Dr. Snider said.
'Which Way Did I Go, George?'
Dallas. (UF)—With the new year just begin, the Dallas police department today came up with its nomination for the most befuddled man of the year.
The nominee was a visitor from Iowa. He drove into Dallas the other night, parked his car and couldn't find it.
He reported to police dispatcher George Doughty that he had misplaced the automobile. Then he left, ostensibly to find a room in a hotel.
Thirty minutes later Doughty ran across the man wandering around the police headquarters building. He couldn't find his way out. Doughty led him to one of the two entrances
Doughty suggested the man find a room and notify police so he could be contacted when the car was located. The man reported in to police a few minutes later. He couldn't find a room.
Dougly told the man to stay put. He sent a police car after the Iowa police found him a hotel room. The professionally faithfully he would not judge.
But he did. When police called to report the car was found—the man had disappeared.
After a three-hour search, police picked him up wandering aimlessly about the city streets. He said he couldn't find the hotel. He had just stepped around the corner from the hotel to get a bite to eat.
Police suggested that he return to the peace and quiet of his Iowa homes.
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WHY WE SAY
Othman Wants 'Dusk-To-Dawn Pay With Overtime For Sleep
B FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington. (UP)—Fortal-to-portal pay suits are small-time stuff. I intend to file at once a dusk-to-dawn suit. Then I'm going to sock the boss with an ear-to-ear suit. If he has any money left I'll sue him next for tooth-to-gullet pay. Bov!
My lawyer, Raymond S. Smelt.
Association of Manufacturers, says' I can't lose. Not the way the law is drawn now. I can't.
My lawyer, Raymond S. Smethurst, who also represents the National Association of Manufacturers, says
can't lose. Not the way the law
The point, as he explained to the U.S. senate, is that a fellow has to get some sleep if he's to do his work. Well then, shouldn't he be paid for for this sleeping?
Certainly, Lawyer Smethurst pointed out, in fact, that the federal district court for northern Illinois held on last May 10 that a fireman asleep and off duty had to be paid for every snore because he might have been awakened and called to work.
That's my precedent. Last night I slept consciently for nine hours, with time out for getting one drink of water. Either I get paid for all this pillow pounding, or tonight I don't go to bed at all. I'll stay up and howl; I'll drink champagne from Lillian Russell's slipper and otherwise arrange to be a bleary-eyed wretch when I show up for work in the morning. Why should a fellow sleep unless he's paid for it?
There is then the little matter of eating. This takes time. Only reason
I eat is to keep up my strength so I can do my work. I have been conscientious about this, too, using my valuable time to consume three squares a day, plus a snack from the refrigerator nightly just before hitting (in the interest of my job) the haw. Of course, I intend to sue.
And as I'm all worn-out now I think I'll take a brief nap at time and a half for overtime.
U.S. Plans Weather Stations
Washington. (UF)—The weather bureau is planning five new weather observation stations in Latin America to help protect American air routes and furnish information to forecasters in the United States. Three of the new stations will be in Mexico, one in Cuba, and one in the Dominican republic.
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A new course in sheetmetal fabrication for aeronautical engineering students will be offered next semester at the University Prof. Paul Hausman, chairman of the department of shop practice, announced today.
Metal forming, shaping, and cutting as applied to aircraft manufacture will comprise the subject matter. The course will be offered in four sections and will be taught by E. R. Deckwa, formerly of the Beech Aircraft Corp., and Arthur Flemming, who did sheetmetal work for the army air corps.
Several news machines obtained in recent months have been set up in Fowler shops for use in the course. Among them are a squeeze riveting machine, metal cutting saw, a four spindle gas drill, air compressor, counter-sinking machine, and spot and project welding machines.
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