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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1952

Page

8

New Aid in Cancer Treatment Found

New Orleans reports Dr. Albert Segaloff of Tulane University Medical School designed a pump to deliver ACTH hormone continuously to advanced cancer patients unsuited for surgery or radiation. He cautions the method will not cure cancer but may shrink tumors enough for further therapy.

New Orleans Louisiana American Cancer Society Albert Segaloff Tulane University Medical School 8Egaroff

Arlington Aide Campbel Enters 10th District Nomination

Edmund D P Campbel 53 longtime Arlington County Board member from 1940 to 1947 announced Monday his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congressman from the new 10th district.

Arlington, Va Edmund DP. Campbel Arlington County Board 10Th

East-West Hippo Birth Signals Cooperation

Berlin reports East West cooperation yields results at zoos. Leipzig in the Soviet Zone announced Grete a ten and a half year old hippo gave birth to a 50 pound offspring with sex undecided. Father Knautsche a 3500 pound male from West Berlin. The newborn will go to West Berlin zoo where Grete met Knautsche last August. The first calf remains with Grete in Leipzig.

Berlin Leipzig Soviet Zone Grete Knautsche West Berlin

Greatest height of cotton plants in nature and cultivation

The tree cotton of India and Africa Gossypium arboreum reaches 6 to 10 ft and the native Haitian or Bourbon cotton Gossypium purpusascens often 10 to 12 ft. Both are perennial shrubs. Exceptional cases may reach 20 ft in protection, but no records exist from the Department of Agriculture.

India Africa Department of Agriculture

Johnson Favors Legislation to End TV Station Ban

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Edwin C. Johnson warns the Communications Commission to lift the two year TV station freeze within two weeks or he will pursue legislation. Florida residents and Senator Holland have pressed for an earlier end to the ban. The FCC’s Paul Walker predicted the freeze would be lifted soon. Johnson vows action if the deadline is missed.

Washington Edwin C. Johnson D-Cole Senate Commerce Committee The Communications Commission Johnson Sen Holland D-Flo Florida Johns Paul A. Walker Federal Communications Come Mission National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters

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