Needle And Thread
Sew Chemicals In Plants
EAST LANSING, Mich. (^V
Using a needle and thread, Dr.
Irma M. Felber is sewing chemi*
cals into plants to see what they
do, and to learn more about how i
plants grow.
Dr. Felber, of Michigan State I
College department of horticul-1
ture, soaks the cotton thread in
whatever chemical is being tested,
then by pulling the thread through
the plant, the chemical can be de
posited in any given spot. Or the
thread can be left in the plant to
act like a wick drawing more of
the solution into the plant.
She is studying growth-regulat
ing chemicals particularly. One of
these is the weed-killed 2,4-D,
which interrupts normal growth.
“Love Herbs Go Good
With Lizards’ Hearts
JOHANNESBURG, South Afri
ca, (/P)—Natives on the Rand, in
South Africa, are eager buyers for
a consignment of new “love
herbs” which have just arrived
from the United States.
They mix the herbs with pow
dered lizards' hearts and claim
that it is very effective. The con
coction is used to make a man
Ex-Bookie Donates
Hospitals $135,000 |
MELBOURNE, {JPh-Sol Green,
79-year-old Melbourne cattle
owner, businessman former
bookmaker, and philanthropist^
has given $135,000 for distribution
among five Melbourne hospitals.
Green, who has given away
around $324,000 in the last few
years, was ill in a Melbourne hos
pital when he announced the gift
in a letter to Melbourne newspa
pers.
“It (the gift) is made to support
my plea that the people of this
good nation may always refuse to
take part in any kind of religious
or racial bigotry,” he wrote.
Interviewed in hospital. Green
said “If I live another 12 months
I’ll do the same again.”
capable of holding the devotion of
his wife so that he need not fear
that she will run away w’hile he is
looking for a second wife.
Native medicine men are pleas
ed with this addition to their
stock-in-trade, but complain bit
terly that there is a serious short
age of hippopotamus fat, used to
keep bad luck away. The black
market price of hippo fat has risen
200 per cent to 50 cents an ounce.
Passengers
Removed From
Russian Vessel
TOKYO, </P)—Passengers of the
stricken * Russian ship Dvina are
being transferred to a Soviet de
stroyer and an escort vessel in the
waters off northeast Japan, the
U. S. navy reported Saturday.
The navy said there was no in
dication how many of the Dvina’s
reported 780 passengers had been
rescued. The reports, radioed to
the navy from Japanese vessels at
the scene, said the passengers were
being transferred to the Soviet
ships via small boats.
The reports did not identify the
passengers by nationality, or say
whether women and children were
among them. i
The Japanese vessels — among
eight which were standing by the
Dvina 150 miles east of the south
ern tip of Hokkaido — reported
calm seas. The Dvina had been
lashed by 50-foot waves since her
first distress calls last Wednesday
night.
Earlier Saturday, a Soviet res
cue vessel succeeded in putting a
pump aboard the leaking and
floundering vessel. A spokesman
for the Russian mission in Japan
said this had greatly, improved the
prospects of towing the Dvina to
port.
Grandson Born To
Marshal Tito
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia,
Marshal Tito was presented with
a grandson, weight 10 pounds, the
day after Christinas, it was learn
ed Saturday. The baby was born
to the pretty Russian wife of
Zharko, Tito’s oldest son.
• Details of the private life of
Tito and his family do not appear
in print here. Government offi
cials who could be reached said
they did not know of the birth.
There was no information on the
first name of the new grandson.
Citizenship Asked
For Indians
BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa. (#)—
The Home Missions Council of
North America has urged enact
ment of legislation that would
grant Indians “full and unrestrict
ed citizenship.”
Winding up their annual con
ference, the 200 church leaders
representing more than 20 major
denominations of the council
adopted a resolution asking legis
lation removing federal supervi
sion over Indian affairs and
granting citizenship to Indians.
Another resolution asked defeat
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of a joint measure now pending
before Congress that would give
the government the right to dis
pose of Indian properties without
reference to tribal agreements.
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