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By PAUL F. ELLIS United Press Science Writer.

NEW YORK-Research goes on and on--and yet science has not come up with the answer to the common cold.

The common cold is belleved caused by a virus, a parasite that lives off other bacteria. Since the end of the war several laboratories have re- sumed investigation of the problem.

Dr Thomas Francis, Jr., head of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, who did much toward the develop- ment of a vaccine against in- fluenza, is not so optimistic that a vaccine against colds will be found.

un.

At a meeting of the fifth Inter- on pediatrics. national conference Dr. Franels sold the Investigations to confirm so far have "proceeded

the cold's the earlier studies" of

to human sub- transmissibility jects.

"The search for methods of pro- pagation of the virus outside man is he sald, However, that will picture of all the not clarify the thing indiscriminately called colds, One wonders how much bacteria themselves

ves contribute to the incite ment of some of these; and whether a virus a cold can be caused by

residence in which maintains its

proper mian, cropping out when physiological insult takes place,

"One

further Item can be added: None of the vaccines so far prepared has been shown to have a significant Influence upon the incidence of the properly con- common cold when

have been trolled conditiona observed."

A new cable, designed not to spark when short cireulted, has been de veloped by electrical engineers to aid in the prevention of coal mine explosions.

Scientists of the U. S. Rubber of the cable is a fine strand of cop- Company say that the new feature between the embedded per wire inner and outer layers of insula- of damage to on. In the event the insulation, the fine wire catches inciplent current, leakage before an are can occur and carries it to n sensitive circuit breaker which cuts of the power.

Judges have been named for the second annual George Westinghouse selence writing awards, given in co- operation with the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Sclence,

They include: H. L. Mencken, of Benjamin M. the Baltimore Sun; McKelvay, editor of the Washington At- Star; Edward Weeks, of the lantic Monthly: Clifton Fadiman, of club; Dr. the Book-of-the-Month

of the National Deltex Bronk,

Dr. Ed- Research Council; and ward R. Weldicin, of the Mellon In- stitute of Industrial Research.

Representing the public will be Kenneth M. Olson, of the School of Journalism Northwestern University.

and Dr. Rudolph Flesch, author. Dr. Morris Meister, president of the National Science Teachers Au- sociation, will be chairman.

Two awards are to be given--one and press. a6- for the newspapers sociations; the other for magazine writing.

The American Chemical Society will hold its 112th national meeting in New York, September 15 to 19. chemists and thousand Eleven chemical engineers are expected to enemie attend.

Priestly medal, highest The honour in American chemistry, will be awarded

to Prof. Warren K Lewis;

wis, of Massachusetts stitute of Technology, Prof. Glenr of the University of T. Seaborg. California, will receive the society's award in pure chemistry. He is the co-discoverer of plutonium.

The

BY THE WAY by Beachcomber

THE police have reason to believe that the mysterious Grand Duke Alfred Nikotin, mentioned in connection with fun at Filou-les- Escrocs and other places on the. Riviera; is none other than Captain de Courcy Foulenough.

currency

fists.

an

Have you macadamised

In-

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score over the British"

TRAFFIC IN

MISERY

Thinking Aloud

PAUL HOLT introduces

Harry

the Mole

Look up the considered opinions of any expert on the subjeci and he will tell you that petrol rationing is no longer at all necessary and Mr Shinwell is 'n Governess,

Those freinds of ours need never have called at the Old Bailey if it had

not been for the restrictive practises and pigheaded burocratic methods of the present Govern-

ment.

And another thing. Mr Shinwell says he does not give a you-know- ..what

mat➡ for parasites, block keteers,

and speculators

Idtere. But where, I ask him, would one be

without such independent characters?

Where would one get his big night tickets, his Portugese brandy, nylon young step-ins. wrist-watches He is

cockerels?

My friend the Spiv* has become a different person' since reading about himself in this column. now trying to persuade his Spiv friends to call him Harry the Mole, though his real name is duller than mine. And he has also become something of an Oracle, ' He used to be content, in the quiet times, just to sit. Now he sometimes sits and thinks. He wrote to me as follows:

}

Dear Paul Holt,

+

or

As for idlers, may I remind Mr S. that it is schoolmarms like him- self who are making these inde- pendent characters idle. They want to work, Mr S. if you'll let them. Won't you buy just one pair of stuckings for the wife?

Is it fair?

AND have you noticed what con-

them. He has a tendency to over- balance if his opponent sidesteps, and he has a disconcerting habit of go-

trolled prices at auctions aro ing down alinest

doing? Forcing, the auctioneer one knee before feiniing. Trivelt, on the other hand,

eut a deck of cards to find the lucky to is all over the place. In addition to

purchaser. Driving the nation HAVE been reading certain For what are they saying but they gambling and sleight of hand. his trick of running in at the back

A young associate of mine, new of his opponent, he has developed a

items in the higher class can't bulld enough houses for our habit of leaping sideways with feet together, walle striking out with both

bladders of lard such as brave boys because they can't get to the niceties of our profession enough steel from Belgium because found himself the other day in the yours which have started me off the Belgiums say they will not sell dock accused of appropriating a us their steel unless we will buy suit, shirt and ties of a perfect worrying about the future of

stranger. Imagine his surprise to our dear old country. I love their azaleas too?

And what is that but a condition- hear this young man speak up for dear old country like a our

ed sale and far, far worse than the leniency for him.

As soon as he was in circulation mother.

Grapes Lark because ennybody con

he approached the fellow. When someone plays on the get along without mashed potatoes again BBC that wonderfully moving-but-try it without a roof over your gave him for first a once over light- poor feud and it doesn't tome, so ly of the hard luck story No. 2, sald that he truly believed in funny. pop song, "I love you-for sen- timental reasons" (top of the

And take the case of Senger Socialistic Man, Mr Henry Wallace. he had read the Keop hinted that A certain

freind of mine ett pamphlet in stir and moved in pop parade wk. endg. Fri. May Evans.

to be known as Tho 23, cert, sell mill. Blackpool this who likes

for a quick bite of a pony. crete gathering of likewise gents think of Britannia.

together to buy up the shores of the company to the loud tune of ten

nill.

your ears? She said she waited all day for her mother, who had promised to come to Pershore for her.

It has been noted that the Grand Duke talks a great deal about the good old Czarist, days, but that Eng- figure in his re- Jish racecourses minisernces more than the court life of St. Petersburg. When confronted with a Rustan exile, Nikotin mum- bied some gibberish, saluted, shouted "Da, da."

(News item.) and fled. Afterwards he Da,

noble- exiled explained that the

Somebody's mother wasn't using man owed him 550,820 roubles, and Pershore. that he did not want to embarrass

Only a suggestion

him.

►

Dan Tremendo in training HE Government campaign for summer) my heart swells and 1 McSpiv, had got a small and dis-To his disgust he saw his pigeon's

INLESS the Giggleswick Whirl- wind has a trick or two up his sleeve, it looks like another victory for Stan Trivett. Dan Tremendo is Gus to slow-that,-in the words of. Futtermere, the boxing promoter, "You could see what was coming minutes ahead. If it wasn't for the cover provided by that mountainous belly." Tremendo's blows are few and far between, as he has to ar- range himself comfortably to deliver

rely on

in

Grapos Lark

more

eyes suddenly harden and then work (by means of a

renlised that he had presented him- shorter week in the most important

self still wearing the fellow's suit industry of all) is evidently going f to what are called, for some

Their honest purpose was to get and shirt and tic.

Was that his fault? I would far her DUT, what are

brave sons at the whiskey reserves which are

Sir rather look towards

Stafford Bu unearthly reason, "slogans" But I

away in some Scottish

for blame. The current coming to when they cannot be tucked e already some sharp criticism of

a living as best groito or other in order to sell Cripps and the words of fire allowed to make the

men's suitings, par- posters

on the shortage of Is this the spirit of Eng- them to the patient public attached to them. What about "Alta, they can?

characters ticularly trousers, is criminal. Free Market. (Certain Britain!"

land? Is

up or "Hiya, Suckers!"

this why we gave

for three whole who call Blacks are colour blind.)

Film critics, too illuminated letters round the Nelmon Rainbow Corner Column-and hidden mechanism years?

the Grapes would pass over to produce crooning sounds from the

Lark, but for one thing. It was to WHAT nationalised lions?

be expected that the magistrate publicity scotched the whole the film critics bearing down on the would turn neld, for beaks are the lark (if you will pardon my tile buskings of a lady called Jennifer come the wide world over and jokc) with the result that these Jones and a gent called Gregory gents have got to start to put their Peck kissing and shooting each money to work all over again and other at the same time in a new

remains In-

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Doing It the Hard Way

THOSE

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IT?

NO--MY LATIN

STUDIES

PRECLUDE

SUCH

INANE CAPRICES

LATIN

suffer from a kindov blindess where the principal of the liberty of the subject is concerned.

But to crime a man for trying

Still thirsty

happened? Premature

AM also more than a little dis-

turbed at the recent writings of

of fard which did this and I wish

It was your own estemed bladder named "Duel in the Sun."

They should know that if a freind of mine called Mr M-could get '

Oxford-street we'd have shooting galleries out of business in

editor. It this is the so-called

to make a customer see that it is tidier in the long run it be will buy grapes with his poundov potatoes

you, who, cats potatocs? you to speak rather firmly to your such an pet for his concession in (I ask anly suckers without money) is out- Freedom of the Press I would like ragious when you discover that the no more of it.. Government is doing just that same thing. Yes, sir, the Men of Mar- gate.

*Britain has nearly a million men not registered with the Labour Ministry, it was admitted in the House of Commons. A big section of them are splus.

You will recall as well the dis- treasing case known to many like

Ex-Works wise gentlemen as the Job. It seems that a tidy сопуну

a week.

all the

Who, I pale you, would want to shoot clay pipes and cellulold ducks if Miss Jones-was around? of new cars were being driven at Well, I must close now.

I just wonted +

to let you know a certain hour known to most of us from the works at Coventry to the how worried me and my associates showrooms London. At a quiet are getting by the national attuation.

In spot also known to most of us the Money is getting lighter, every day nothing strictly S...

Bus about it.

The uply is a a Cockney dandy, dia- drivers stopped Idr a glass of and the Government does

tinguished by his padded shoulders, wasp waist and flashy ties.

He has thrived as a go-between on the blackmarket, he peddles box- ing and football tickets, touts at race-courses and promotes crooked card and dice games. He scorns honest work.

[OH, GO ON ---JUST

SKIP AND KEEP SAYING "PEPPER- | SALT - MUSTARD-

CIDER-

These organised workers were peacefully sipping while our tinker's cussmen stepped into the parked cabriolets and drove them off into the night. A neat job, you will.

what Bny. But

followed?. They ran out of petrol.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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