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doctors, "cooked foods are safer, .especially for children, when polioâ€" mwelitis is present." Water Blameless The study included the following Â¥ {{indings by Drs. Gebhardt and Mcâ€" ay: â€" s â€" Use Of Health Rules Hope For Polio Curh If the signs are present, parents are wnrnecfto put the child to bed and call a doctor, Early treatment and hospitalization if possible were urged by the health minister. India‘s food rationing system, which keeps millions above starvaâ€" tion level, will break down in Augâ€" ust if supplies from abroad fail to arrive in time, Food Secretary Sir Robert Hitchings said. _ Any or all of a number of egm toms may be present if a c nf is coming down with the disease. He may com{;hin of a head cold, sore throat, fever, upset stomach, headache, stiff neck and stiff back. There may also be trembling of the hands, a flushing of the face and a great deal of perspiring. Imperative in the treatment of poliomyelitis is the recognition of the infection signs while the disease is still in its early stages. Immediate treatment is still the only hope held by physicians for the stamping out of the dreaded disease. It has been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is still no drug that will touch polio infection and even the wonder drugs of the sulpha and penicillin grougs are completely powerless in the face of infantile paralysis. _ ... THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1946 "Bites of insects, such as flies and mos?uitoes, suggests a possible means of virus spread, Warning Signs "Closing of schools during the epidemic failed to reduce the incidence of the disease among the schoolage group. "No evidence was found that water supplies, milk supplies or swimming pools were means by which the disease was disseminâ€" The theory.put forth by Doctors Gebhardt and McKay is that cerâ€" tain flies may pick up the polio virus from raw sewage, an excelâ€" lent source, and that flies thus obtaining the virus might easily deposit fecal material containing the.virus on fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruits and vegetables are invariably exposed to flies both in the field and on vegetable and fruit stands as well as on peddlers‘ trucks, it is pointed out. â€" The virus which causes polioâ€" myelities is destroyed when heated for a few minutes to 140 degrees Fahtenheit,"Mence;" $ay thetwo JONES AND HILL ZONE 4362 0 LY. 3122 Their findings showed that fresh unwashed or unpealed fruits and vegetables were eaten in all of the 206 cases of poliom{elifia surveyed. In one case of a child 13 months old they discovered that the baby had Elayed with some apples shipped to er home after being picked from a tree near a city 110 miles away where there was a golio outbreak. Two weeks later the baby developed Eo]io, but her three sisters who ad no opportunity to play with the apples and ate some only after they were peeled developed no illness at all. Flies and Sewage The idea that polio infection may be contracted by the consumâ€" mation of unwashed fruit or vegeâ€" tables is a fairly new theory and has been suggested by Dr. Louis P. Gebhardt and Dr. William M. McKay, two American doctors who .conldgv.:cated a survey on the subject in . * 4. Avoid sudden chills and in the same way avoid overdoses of sunâ€" shine. % 5. Keep out of dirty 6. Avoid crowded plng:.“\ 7. Wash hands after touching any animals, * 8. Rest two hours every day. New: Theory With 155 New Cases Of Infantile Paralysis In 1946 . Physicians State Possibility That Country In Polio "Year Cycle"â€"Pass On Advice For Curbing Spread wiket Polic eploemie apfenting | another polio â€" apreading through "Canada with 15 new| Canad‘n Employee is i oo cprone a ts non. Chest Is Helbpi Ada, e nning is w € the acting niinister of h..lu:.‘f);'. ?‘t eiping & 0. eCann, one on recori C hlldre am as fiaunx tlhn t;xfctdnight lbo‘l C nTO C P cycle year" for infantile paralysis. y s The disease is ,one whic}l\) reaches yx‘o:‘:;"n:fiiwwwm:‘# tn:h":“" epidemic proportions over a czele But if you‘ve joined the C‘mi}m of years, evidently as the ViTUS| Employee Chest, they are grateful gains in strength, and for caution‘s |to you, just the same. 'I‘E:y are sake and in an attempt to minimize | the" Toronto children whose only fare bop, amen i8 aboige y ie | eap e onl testhes hor and dveld I P street. And they‘re grateful to you followin# list of rules: for you‘ve helbzd honlend them to 1. Peel or scrub all unwashed fruit or vegetables. 2. Destroy all house fly life wherever possible. 3. Avoid all refuse or garbage piles, At Lastâ€" Reading Hard Coal Briquettes Suitable For FURNACE STOVE HEATER OPEN FIREPLACES $14.20 Ton The eviction rate is climbing in all the surrounding‘ municipalities with Weston perhaps the best off them all. There has been but one eviction to date in the town, while in York Township there were 15 evictions carried out in the month of July alone, _ In Weston things have not as yet reached a deugente point but somewhere along the line there is a crisis a rou:hi'ntg. Let‘s hope the turm wifl,pbe for the better. In East York the situation was described by the welfare officet as "putrid". Scarboro less violently terms it as "terrible", and officials ldénit that they are at their wit‘s end. There are homes under construcâ€" tion all the time, but progress is so slow due to the present conditions of labour and material that the supply is falling behind the deâ€" mand, each and every day. _ _ Houses are planned for the Pa:â€" ticaâ€"Boyd, Lipincottâ€"St. Johns areas but there is no way of telling at the g:esent time, just when they will started, let alone finished. Pelmo Park is the future conâ€" struction site of a hundred or more houses but they also are in the far distant future. The people need reâ€" lief now. There is none in sight. Township Term Situation "Putrid" happy in w“tmfarlmf with two strikes against them beâ€" fore they start. Homes Under Construction them with the winter months apâ€" proaching there is no relief in si%n:. turned veterans _ expecting their wives and families are desâ€" perately offering good size reâ€" wards in the hopes that their family‘s introduction to Canada won‘t be one of stress and inconâ€" venience. These boér are desperâ€" ately coping with the problem of keeping their wives and families Continued from page 1â€" Chest country gnmg:n:fnd stayâ€"atâ€" home 6“35 will it bx that agency‘s allotment of $5,730. To help in its training of mcit:- zens through the Junior ross, as well as support its work with the needy, both here and abroad, the Toronto Branch, Red Cross was given $§,244. And for its splendid work with the blind, a number of them children, the Canadian Naâ€" tional Institute for the Blind reâ€" ceived $900. this. _ Some of the Salvation Army‘s share of $1,541 for inâ€" stance, will fo to maintain its outâ€" door camp for 650 youngsters at Jackson‘s Point. United Welfare Chest country camps and stayâ€"atâ€" No Relief You may never hear their cheers and shouts as they‘re packed off to c:mg. Or watch the proud faces of their parents when they return tanned and healthy. But without uâ€"without your small but reguâ€" am contribution, maybe 15 or 20 cents a week, this ?)lendid service provided upwards of 6,000 Toronto youngsters evar{ year would no longer be possible. Within the past month, Toronto‘s Employee Chest members, close to 50,000 of them in 300 firms, gave 8\0 Red Cross, the United Welfare hest, the Saivation Army and the (‘mlldiln National Institute for the Blind, a total of $13,417 to help support fine welfare work such as thfi. Some of the Salvation You are not likely to meet them. You may never know their names. But if you‘ve joined the C‘natihn Employee Chest, they are Tr“ ful to you, just the same. ey are the Toronto children whose only playground is the hot and dusty street. And they‘re grateful to you for you‘ve helped to send them to camp. Yes, for two weeks, thanks to peorle like you, their little lives are filled with wonderful things. are filled with wonderful things. Things like swimming and green grass, dglmel to play, good food to eat and all the milk they can drink. Afternoon and Evening after 4 p.m. The Secretary, MRS. E. C. HART, will be in attendance after 9 a.m. to reâ€" ceive entries. â€" Added Feature â€" Modernistic arran%ement of flowers by Mrs. F. Belsey of Roseland. Weston Horticultural Society A. F. ATKINSâ€"President Saturday, Aug. 17th PUBLIC CORDIALLY INVITED FLOWER and VEGETABLE $ H O W AEP Door Prizes at FARR‘S GARAGE Another cutâ€"off is planned to travel eastward from Wilson avenue to eventually connect with the new proposed Oshawa highway and by the use of these cutâ€"offs the highway deg.‘artment h o F e s to spread the heavy flow of traffic that at present is forced to travel north along Yonge street. plant on the way The map as published last week caused quite a stir in the town of Weston in that it showed the cutâ€" off travelling from Wilson avenue district in a direct southâ€"westerly line that led it directly through the Weston residential section to cut directly through the Bank of Nova Scotia at Main street and Lawrence avenue and then head for the Humâ€" ber eliminati:&either the town inâ€" cin@ratorâ€" of Préssure Custings Four tons of bauxite make one ton of aluminum. The cutâ€"off will start in that area just south of Wilson avenue near Jane street just north of the town of Weston, and will travel north to a roint near Humber Heights school and continue on to the Humber. River where a high level bridge has been planned for construction. From that point on the route has not been laitf out but it is planned that the road will definitelf\\v connect with the Queen Elizabeth Way and Brown‘s Line. As a reply to the many inquiries: resulting from an errongous drawâ€" ing appearing in one of the daily papers which traced the cutâ€"off to the Queen Elizabeth highway and Brown‘s Line from the proposed clover leaf in the Wilson avenue area on the Torontoâ€"Barrie highâ€" way, through the centre of the town of Weston, the following article is published to serve as a Â¥uide to the true cutâ€"off route as ar as has been planned by ‘the Ontario Department of Highways, Barrie Highway Cutâ€"Off To Browns Line North of Weston Surprise and disbelief are written all over the face of this New York taxi driver as Rosie, A Russian bear, ambles toward his vehicle. Rosie is well trained and is a veteran cab rider. Thirtyâ€"Fifth Annual Aug. 19 to Sept. 2 Inclusive HUMBER CONFECTIONERY 4 MAIN ST. S. Will be Closed From Summer Holidays STRANGE TAXI PATRON The Greatest Need Fountain pens which will write for two or three years without reâ€" filling are now on the market. But even more useful would be a pen which will write am international agreement or a diplomat‘s signaâ€" ture that will last two or three years without fading.â€"New York Times. "The delegation felt throughout that officials of the Government were keenly aware of the serious nature of the situation and left impressed with the idea that it was the Government‘s intention to take stegs to alleviate it," she said. "What steps would be cannot be decided without careful study, but that study now is being made." Topics discussed had included inâ€" creased depletion allowances, free markets for gold in both domestic and foreign fields, reduction of the excess profits tax and a premium for domestic gold. The Association delegation, inâ€" cluding A. Cockshutt and G. A. MacMillan, had discussed J)ouible means of aiding the gold mines with Mr, Isley; Dr. W. C. Clarke, deputy finance minister; Dr. A. K. Eaton, taxation investigator, and R, W. Mayhew. Expects Relief For Gold Mines After a meeting with Finance Ministry Ilsley in Ottawa, Mrs. V. R. MacMillan of Toronto, president of the Prospectors‘ and Developers‘ Association, stated that she was ‘"impressed with the idea that it was the government‘s intention to take steps" to alleviate the position of Canadian gold mines resultir;g from dollar parity with the Unit States. ’ TIMES AND GUIDE, WESTON As pointed out by Mr. Deisher and P. B. Dilworth, manager and chief engineer of the gas turbine division of the company, the Swiss Under the general managership of W. W. Diesher, A. V. Roe Canâ€" ada Ltd. has gone ahead on the presumption that "there is withâ€" out doubt a wide field for a gas turbine jet engine, not strictly reâ€" stricted to the aircraft field," but working primarily ln that field under contract to the RCAF. When Victory Aircraft ceased to function as an active producer of aircraft for the Canadian Governâ€" ment, this plant was sold to the English firm of A. V. Roe Limited. Shortly after the establishment of this company at Malton they asâ€" sumed and enveloped control of another crown company, Turbo Reâ€" search at Leaside, movi:f all equipment and personnel this e?.uipmenz and personnel plant to Maiton. ; Cite Swiss Progress _ From this iii‘;.::uii'}'m"x'{t' of the Canadian vernment | has .g:wn where today it has reached stage where component '{:u bot onging too middr consbucmign are cor ;t ':"‘;,L‘v' i:‘grc‘?nx:da I:id.. ‘ormerly operai = craft at !!.-l.ton‘zirgor@ wee mt me Rigreeltd is the aorkinge 97 came res wi the gas turbine as applied to jetâ€" propeie saoreft, Ahorld S pany, under the presideney of fi J. Cermiâ€"hael, with Co{ W, f fllg::n:u director, was set up btv“t.ho dign Government in a s" { at u:x::. fer the dul(nwufi e en a jet engine instal m‘.'zl.w W‘e}t .fll{‘hr. plane. First Allâ€"Canadian Jet Engine Is To Be Assembled At Maiton Simpson‘s Drug Store 50 MAIN ST. N. Yes, literally, we are in business to get you well and keep you well. To that end, we join professional hands with your physician. Our part is the careful compounding of the prescriptions that he writes and because he knows the value of such service, he gladly directs his patients to this store. Bring your prescriptions to us with confidence. 169 Main St. N. PHONE e THIMBLEBERRIES . * TOMATOES + PENCIL POD BEANS « CORN e APPLES e PEACHES e PLUMS e CHERRIES â€" You Save Money at â€" British Fruit Cecil Simpson, Phm.B. Mr. Keast is a native of England, engaged in the aircraft line for the past decade and for the past four yau has been associated with ower Jet Research and Developâ€" ment Co., in England. Following Mr. Keast, the Avro Company are expecting the arrival of another jet expert, D. G. Shepâ€" erd, aart]fir in September, following which they hope to establish a laboratory near the old Defense Inâ€" dustries Ltd. at Nobel, for the testâ€" ing of fullâ€"scale compressors and combustion systems now under construction at Maiton. The reâ€" search, as applied to gas turbine compressors and combustion sysâ€" tems, is proceeding rapidly at Malâ€" 1946, Roe Co. absorbed all interest in the mechanism and since that time mmdy modifications have been made and yesterday the entire efâ€" fort culminated in the arrival of J. F. Keast, 26, from Lancashire, England, to assume control of the research and technical department of Avro Aircraft, Malton. standby power plants and locomeâ€" tives., 1§:'n~ Co. of Canada is the only Canadian company actively engaged in the developâ€" ment of a gas turbine, marking for this nation a n:hnny from inâ€" dependence | on er nations for ideas and progress in this line, English Expert Arrives The first step on the engine deâ€" signed by Turbo Research was made in January, 1945, when oriâ€" ginal plans were made for conâ€" struction. Shortly after May 1, nation has progressed to the point vbonfinyp)unuudjot fio’:lul- sion (gas turbine) engines for DIRECT â€"FROM . chowens S THIS WEEK ZONE 4â€"435 Wns 20 Main St. N. 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