The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1953 Page: 2 of 12
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THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1953
The PADUCAH POST
Serving Cottle-King Counties For 47 Years
Published Every Thursday by
The Post Publishing Co.
Corner of Eighth and Richards Streets
«wv CLARE and ALFRED HINDS..................................rP^™618
ALFRED HINDS...............................................................Editor, Manaf er
ORA LEE FRAZIER...........................................•••••-;News, Proofreader
GLENDA FINDLEY ........................................ Advertising, Bookkeeping
£. i. EDWARDS......................................*........Mechanical Dept Printer
mnmKRT A DUNCAN ---------------------------------................. Linotype Operator
ROOP ............................................................................ Apprentice
lewt^red as second class matter at the postoffice at Paducah,
Texas, under the Act of March 30, 1879.
Subscription Rates:
Cottle and adjoining counties, $2.00; elsewhere, $2.75.
The Paducah Post is an independent Democratic Newspaper,
publishing the news impartially and supporting what it
believes to be right regardless of party politics._
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MEMBER 1953
fiWEST TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER
if THE
SOUTH PLAINS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Telephone 24
Box 185
HORACE L. STALLINGS
ATTORNEYAT-LAW
(Enrolled to practice before The
Tax Court of The United States)
1ST NATL BANK BLDG.
PADUCAH, TEXAS
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BOX 1
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UNIVERSAL MILLS, FT. WORTH, TEXAS
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OUR DEMOCRACY
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SOWiNG.GROWlNGo^ R.EAP1NG
HER.E IN AMERICA,SO VARIED IS OUR CLIMATE, SO DIVERSE
OUR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,THAT FARMERS IN
ONE SECTION OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE PLANTING, WHILE
FARMERS IN ANOTHER WILL BE GATHERING IN THE
HARVEST, AT ANX GIVEN SEASON OF THE YEA/?.
THE PROCESSES OF SOWING, GROWING ANP REAPING
TO PROVIPE FOOP FOR OUR PEOPLE ARE CONTINUOUS
THE YEAR ROUND.
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And so it is with savings, while younger families
ARE PUTTING MONEY ASIDE FOR THE FUTURE IN
LIFE INSURANCE ANP SAVINGS, OLDER FOLK ARE ENJOYING
THE BENEFITS OF THEIR FORESIGHTED THRIFT.
* SOWING, GROWING AND REAPING" IS THE WAY OF
PROGRESS IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
UNDERMANNED AND
OVERWORKED
One reason why speeding
drivers and other law violators
on the highways are causing
so many fatal and serious acci-
dents out on the open road be-
comes clearer in the light of a
statement by a noted traffic
safety authority that state po-
lice and highway patrol forces
generally are sadly underman- of "TelectivT^enforce^menr" nlus
noH 01 witt.uve emurcemem, piuis
excessive speed, are undoubted-
be sufficient police manpower
to enforce the laws against
those who cannot be induced
to slow down to a safer pace.
The President’s Highway
Safety Conference took cogniz-
ance of the prevalent “penny-
wise, pound-foolish” policies re-
garding state police forces when
it said: “Lack of manpower and
ned and overworked.
On rural highways, where
speeders are tempted to ride fast
and furiously, these guardians
of the public’s safety should be
out in sufficient numbers to dis-
courage excessive speeds and
apprehend the lawbreakers.
But the sad truth is that they
are not. “When the cat’s away,
the mice will play” is
ly some of the reasons for the
continuing increase in traffic
fatalities in rural areas.”
Thomas N. Boate, accident
prevention department manager
of the Association of Casualty
and Surety Companies, is much
disturbed by specific facts: that
only three states have a 40-hour
the mice will play” is one way; work week, that only 11 have
to describe the state highway | even a 48-hour week for state
patrol situation in many states. | police, that in other states they
But these “mice”—the speeders j work from 50 to 100 hours, and
—play very dangerously. Far too j---
often they kill others, if not
themselves, before they are
caught in the act of speeding
or driving recklessly.
It should be noted that the
laws against speeding are ob-
served by the majority of driv-
ers, but there are still far too
many millions of motorists rac-
ing along highways at excess-
ive speeds. Public opinion must
help to persuade them to obey
speed limits. There also must
that 5,000 to 7,500 more men
are needed on state police forces
to begin to give the public ade-
quate protection against speed-
ers.
The public must wake up to
these facts in the states that
are woefully behind the times.
It must demand, and not rest,
until its own state police or
highway patrol force is strong
enough to wage a winning fight
against the speeding evil. It it
does that, the public’s chances
of safer travel on rural roads
will be increased as the number
of speeders decrease.
Dr. A. S. Anderson
CHIROPRACTOR
Open Evenings
Dunlap
DR.
WILLIAM BEENE
Hours:
OPTOMETRIST
9-6 Daily
Telephone:
Evenings By
PADUCAH, TEXAS
Office 274"J
Appointment
COTTLE HOTEL BLDG.
Res. 429-M
J. L BRADFORD FEED & SEED CO.
HEALTH TALKS
Prepared by the Texas
Medical Association
Radiology, a medical special-
ty, is a pretty wide field. It is
the branch of medical science
that deals with the use of ra-
diant energy (such as from x-
rays and radium) in the diag-
’ nosis and treatment of disease.
Roentgenology, a sub-specialty
of radiology, is limited to the
diagnostic and therapeutic uses
of x-rays, being named for
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, the
discoverer of x-rays.
With Roentgens’ contribution,
made in 1895, and the discov-
ery of radium by the Curies,
Marie and Pierre, three years
later, medical diagnosis and
treatment were given a decid-
ed boost. Doctors, working with
physicists and other scientists,
developed x-ray machinery and
radium applicators that were
effective, yet safe. With modern
x-ray equipment, highly special-
ized tests for diagnosis and pow-
erful treatment for disease ly-
ing deep within' the body are
possible. Not only radium but
other radioactive substances
have been harnessed to provide
an even larger number of tools
for radiation therapy. In the
last ten years or so a new
field of radiology, the use of
elements made radioactive by
artificial means (the radioiso-
topes) has opened up with great
potentialities for both diagnosis
and treatment.
The clear viewing of internal
organs such as the heart, stom-
ach, gallbladder, and kidneys
has been made possible not
only by better x-ray equipment
but also by the development of
what are called “contrast me-
dia.” A contrast medium is a
substance which casts a solid
shadow on x-ray films and
which is taken into the body
by mouth, rectum, or vein or
artery.
Perhaps one of the most in-
teresting uses of a contrast me-
dium is for the study of the
female reproductive organs. A
substance injected into the gen-
ital tract on x-ray films shows
the womb (the uterus) and the
tubes that lead from the ovaries
to the womb (the fallopian
tubes). Such a study is known
as “hystero-salpingography” and
is used mainly to help determine
,why a woman cannot become
pregnant.
X-ray studies also may be
made when pregnancy exists.
Sojnetimes the earliest sign of
twins may be the seeing of two
skeletons on a film made about
three and a half months after
conception; with this knowledge
the physician can plan well in
advance for their safe delivery
Also, it is important to know
the size of the baby’s head as
compared to that of the mo-
ther’s pelvis, the bony cage sur-
rounding the mouth of the
womb, through which it must
pass during a normal delivery.
One way of securing this in-
formation accurately is through
x-ray examination using spec-
ial equipment and exacting tech-
nique. If the head is too large
or the pelvic bones have been
misshapen by disease or acci-
dent, the doctor might avoid
possible trouble by planning to
remove the baby through the
mother’s abdomen, an operation
referred to as “cesarean sec-
tion.
Aside from the usefulness of
x-rays in diagnosis, they are
a part of the radiologist’s stock
in trade for treatment. The ef-
fects of x-ray and radium in
treatment are practically the
same, although one may lend
itself to the particular prob-
lem at hand better than the
other. Sometimes they are com-
bined with each other or with
surgery for best results.
Radium comes in several
forms, including cylinders and
needles that can be inserted
into a growth or slipped into
a body cavity such as the mouth
or nose. The gas that escapes
from radium, called “radon,”
has been collected and used to
great advantage in some con-
ditions.
To cite only one example of
the widespread usefulness of
radiotherapy, x-ray and radium
are employed in the treatment
of more than eighty skin dis-
eases. Radiotherapy is especially
valuable in severe cases of ac-
ne, boils and carbuncles, cer-
tain birthmarks, keloids (ex-
cessive scar growth), skin can-
cer, warts, and fungus infections
of the skin. Its specific effects
are (1) to fight infection or in-
flamation, (2) to destroy tis-
sue, or (3) to relieve pain.
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1953, newspaper, September 17, 1953; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018554/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.