Goiter Belt Defined by Low Iodine in Soil and Water
The so called goiter belt refers to U S regions with low iodine in soil and water. It includes states around the Great Lakes and the northwestern states where iodine deficiency is common.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1946
Page
10
The so called goiter belt refers to U S regions with low iodine in soil and water. It includes states around the Great Lakes and the northwestern states where iodine deficiency is common.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst notes the Soviet Iranian question may be dropped by the Security Council as Moscow and Tehran say it is adjusted. Yet Persia remains key in Britain and Russia’s long rivalry over influence, routes to India, and oil, shaping a peaceful UN role amid a sweeping regional readjustment.
In Joliet Illinois on April 9 George Langford chased a cat up a tree for four days. Sheriff Ralph H Newkirk tried to lure the cat without success. Steve Pasco, 21, a jail inmate charged with poultry theft, finally rescued the cat after it scurried away during his attempt.
Johns Hopkins Hospital will launch an intensified fight against rheumatic fever this summer led by Dr. Helen Taussig. In July laboratory work at Harriet Lane and Rockefeller Foundation efforts will expand, with Dr. Francis Schwentker and Dr. Lewis Thomas joining Hopkins staff to study causes and prevention of the often fatal heart damage from rheumatic fever.
10 selected peach trees in an ideal home orchard collection including 2 each Improved Early Elberta Midseason Elberta Late Elberta South Haven and Brackett. Nineteen to twenty four inch trees offered postpaid for 67 dollars. Waynesboro Nurseries Aynesboro Virginia.
Classified help wanted items announce a night work position at Capitol Pee A with six nights weekly offering pay board and tips. A grocery store room job seeks a 30 to 45 year old for permanent work with advancement, prior store experience helpful but not required. Baylass Dept Store seeks six sales ladies for full or part time roles with experienced preferred.
Discussion notes a plan to use killed streptococci to develop a serum against rheumatic fever. It mentions San Quentin volunteers, estimates germ prevalence, and environmental links to cold damp housing. Dr Schwentker emphasizes prevention and careful convalescence for recovery and potential army fitness.
The Frederick County Tuberculosis Association outlines plans for a two day spring chest clinic on April 18 and 19. It will occur at Clearbrook Woolen Mill and First Baptist Church to relieve church congestion, with x rays offered to workers at local plants and students from several schools. Transportation will be provided by school buses. a 60 cent fee applies for participants.
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