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The Bakersfield Californian from Bakersfield, California • Page 20

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May 3,1959 Mtiffix Expert Says Ya nks Waterlogged SAN cans are 'waterlogged and are suffering fsiom dietary p'ti "know it. What, the public jnind. looks upon as square meals a day. is likely to be a starvation diet and ope that would decay the toughest toetfa. The authority for these remarks nationall known nutritionist whose eliente include many of the top names of the film colony and who was called upon to analyse President Roosevelt's personal diet.

fe Dr. Michael J. Walsh, presently director -of nutrition SOUf ses at the University of California Denial Extension in San Francisco. bag to say American's -fotwl I enzyme curl up and die of ties. "We have foods that have been processed to such a point that they provide practically none of the essential proteins, vitamins and minerals.

"Chinchilla breeders gite more thought and attention and pay -w 4 ouM make the, strongest 1 more their money to animals Jearn how than the to feed average Americas does to learn hdw to feed his own family. "Americans are not obese they're waterlogged. Bad diets bfiug on Betehtioti of too much liquid in the tissues with the result that most of us are just watery blobs of protoplasm. Not one person in a thousand needs to be defat- need to be IJoefcor. Walsh denounces what he ''terrible of.

nutrition that Mve Gift Donations Become Bu rden After Wh ite C6LUMBUS, Jane lAusche, likes-tq be Aj a result, she finds herself in pack of, trouble. as- 'part of that trouble, even the governor's wife to adjtnit It, can be traced- to national Mrs; S. Truman. seems there are a lot of char- tty bazars these days which take the lorm of "Parcel Post Sales." Two a Throw parWi post sale, for 1 the unin- is "a event sponsored by a weren't too many' siieh But theii Mrs. Truman sent, a couple of packages Jnto Ohio such sales.

Then pleased and flat' tered sponsors, anxious to make their sales a widely publi-i ciaed the gifts from the 'nation's first the From request or two a-nibnth the solicitations zoomed to a point where there pow were 8, 10, or a tlosen in every inajft-that finds its riturch, a school, a P.T.A., or some organization; at which packi- agtfs, obtained solicitation through are without knowledge of their contents. The usual price of the packages Is a quarter. But, understandably, a package contributed by Ohio's first or even more so by Bess Truman could be auctioned off, or raffled off, for a sum sufficient to mean the difference between the success or failure of such a sale. in cases where tfll packages sold for i flat two bits with the names of fee donors withheld the packages the chance of contributed getting a by such knick-knack a celebrity to could do wonders when it came getting the sale well attended. Pissh Is On But 'to get back to Mys.

Lausche. At firsf the lady an- awered all such queries. She would a key chain, a book, a china cop, 0r such curio to the sponsors 6if such sales. After all, there way to the harassed Mrs. Lausche'S de.sk.

In fact, a little-quick not by Mrs. show that, coupled with other and somewhat similar requests, the cost of gift to each of the applicants, plus' the cips't of ling' arid -mailing, plus the tline of the person doing the selecting and mailing, would" -to more than the governor's salary! There is no appropriation for such activities by the governor or his wife. So, regretfully, Jane Lausche now has to beg Instead of a package in rehirn for each solicitation, the applicant now Is obliged to be content with a gracious, courteous' note explaining why ft is no longer possible to fill such requests. Jane Lausche doesn't like it. After all, as we said before, Jane likes to be a good egg.

But enough is enough. So now Mrs. Lausche is asking the sponsors of-such sales to please, please leave her off their lists. Not because she doesn't want to'help, but just that things are erecting out of hand. been refined and processed until necessary nutrients ate and the alarming per capita consumption of sweets.

ti "Sisty per of our food today Is refined sugars. All tooth troubles are caused by poor diet and corrected nutritional habiti would immediately stop 87 $ir cent of all tooth decay, "Why, Instead of calling, up the neighbors suggesting their children come over for ice cream and birthday cake, you could more accurately "send yoar children ovcf tomorrow and we'll all drill boles. i.n their teeth," Doctor Wajsh, husky, handsome graduate of the University of Dublin and the Royal Institute of Chemistry in London, and as full of vigor as a vitamin plll believes billions of dollars could be saved yearly through, injpro.vjed nutrition because, better people work more efficiently. Also, says, a definite relationship between malnutrition and crime. Doctor- Walsi is optimistic, however, he thinks Americans can be properlyrfed if they would only take the id learn Jiow.

Among the. healthy-buildiag foods he rficom- a.re, milk, fresh, vegetables, fruit and fish. He the physiological symptoms of malnutrition, are about the same 'as. those of alcoholism tremprs, Cramps, sensations in the eyes, apprehension, pessimism, nausea and Bloodshot eyes, profession," he to recognise "The medical points out, alcoholism as a disease and also re- cognise that nutrition is.as important, a 1 function in rehabilitation as psychiatric But he also thinks the cnronic drunkard is receiving the better is being taugjbt to eat properly while the non-drinker or temperate drinker can continue to starve to, death without any intelligent interest in whether he 'reforms'or Doctor Vho lectures to Discovery of Rich Hew Shrimp Grounds Florida Causes "Cold Rush" by professional groups of doctors and dentists, call- himself an "itinerant believes diet study should be a part. of counseling because if people, lack energy "what good' is counseUng He' also maintains a' private consulting service ia Beverly and Is president of the American Foundation of Sciences in Beverly Htljs, a non-profit professional group that raises funds for dental research.

KEY WEST, discovery of rich, new shrimp grounds off the southern tip of Florida has turned Into the biggest fishermen's bonanza In years. In what amounts to a shrimp "gold 1 virtually the natkm'b entire shrimping to 400 stampeded to the area from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, the Carolinas and points as far distant as New Jersey. Fishermen say it's the greatest shrimp flotilla ever assembled in American waters. So has been the migration that old-established grounds the South Atlantic region have been virtually deserted. The abundance of shrimp and the magic of electronic "fish-finders" ace enabling the fishermen to reap a harvest of 200,000 to 250,000 pounds a week.

The average) boat, with crew of three to five, is catching between $500 and $800 worth of shrimp a week. The shrimp, a large, pink variety known as Brazilian Imperials, are mostly the coral-studded waters abound Dry Tortugas, a group of tiny islands about 60 miles west of President Truman's winter vacation spot. Electronic "fish-finders," which actually are ultrasonic depth recorders developed by Bendix Aviation Corporation during wartime, not only warn fishermej of the treacherous coral reefs which rip their $350 nets to pieces, but also show them the precise location of the mud bottoms where the shrimp Mve. Fishery authorities say this reliance upon scientific, methods will enable fishermen to get the out of the new grounds and also! will permit still untapped grounds to. be explored.

It is believed that equally productive areas lie to the north of the grounds now being fished. "Discovery of the new grounds and the influx of with their brought unexpected prosperity to Key West and other cities on Florida's west coast. Docks as far north as Tampa are jammed. The greatest activity, though, is centered at Key West which may be witnessing'the birth million dollar-plus in- recorder gives Captain Grady Weaver chart of ocean bottom off Florida. PINEAPPLE PATTERN A fine ceramics company has just brought joufc a cool and beautiful pattern called- It is ideally timed for or iwtie dining this siymner.

TRAFFIC boats line up three and four abreast at Key We.st docks to take on fuel for new shrimp grounds. Boom migration has jammed waterfront from Key West Tampa. men. Eastern markets are now being supplied almost entirely from the grounds. Before the new Florida strike, were in the Gulf of Mexico off Jthe nation's largest shrimp grounds I Louisiana, where an enormous field was discovered in 1937.

Judges Experience Drivers' Problems HAMBURG Hamburg's traffic courts were slightly understaffed recently. This was because Boston Makes Comeback as Shipping Port, Shows Profit is wak-1 career num. Uf-nernl ing a comeback as a seaport. resigned director la-? Tbere is nothing booming a bout year. the comeback, but a healthy return Future Lwsks to busy normalcy appears in.

pros-j Durini; October ami N'ovenib'r peer. The port that pessimists when other ports drops doomed as a yacht basin after indices as a ivsuli of war expects a peacetime record oflatton of the British pound and 20 -JniHiou tons of cargo, to pass i other curreucie.x the of a new, dustry. Only a few weeks ago Key West docks were virtually deserted. Now they're a bustling, busy place. Boats are lined up three and four abreast at times.

Four packers have set up headquarters there to handle the "pink gold" harvest. In one plant alone, 200 women have been put to work "heading'' the shrimp as they are unloaded from boats. JO judges, prosecutors and lawyers were driving street cars through thej Jumbo shrimp k-ity's streets. The idea was to from Key West's rich new grounds tae u( es traffic courts a cbriTH-e "other side" of tbe dwarf a man's hand. The city's only ice-producing through during the 19'HO calendar; was the only export renter in she United States to huh! up.

The statistics branch of the port 1 The future looks for I-uMon. reported that imports) Constrneiion of the m-u- linos; 1 in the Europe, the Far East, Aus-jpior will bt-uin sn.m. Ji Du- -ee thejt ra and other points during construction of an pies- for trial before item. Afterward, o-if- i plant is, rushing plans to double itsj output. So much ice is needed pack the shrimp for shipment toj tua lie bis eastern markets that additionalp vith one fl ot supplies are being trucked in rom was driving up tons, or 6.ll.,*J4r>| in ISostou in tons than in 1048.

Exports forj Other column lion will follow were up 54.1'.';$ from 1948.. ouflay standing! the time: 000,000 sHmieduled. Miami. he experiment idents. officials rhe The new discovery is no flash Tne oul ha the pan.

Dr. Clarence Idyll, re-l aents official search associate, and fishery Street Car Company cialist at the University of Miami marine laboratory, says the newjgQJjy'g Meant frvffyt cr £-ll i £-rt -v A vt rr Dinner Gone to Dogs grounds show promise of yielding for vears to come. First Profit The Authority, a state subsidized chide a project 1 the through organization to improve and exploit I speed of pn-esu HU'fH) in record. I the harbor, will show a profit hosir iit elevator, ail" acd-jbptrer than and Record Grain Loading.s Hamburg; when its hooks closed at the! loadings in tost on diiriiu of the fiscal year June i 11MO the since IM'2'2, i This will he the first time the! except for the Port Authority has been "in the; loadings important to BOMOU black" since it was created in 1940. his hoituiii cunfo.

is needed The first three years of operation i because noii's cviiorts Aside from its rich return to thej MEMPHIS. rr.E>— Mrs. E. fishermen, and increased prosperity; G. Ballenger has learned that to many Florida towns, the new; silence from her strike is regarded as highly signif-jter Nora usually means trouble.

icant to the industry. showed deficits amounting to largely of imuuii'ucturi'd i These bottom Authoritv will i because KsiscL-md lacks ncnrhv The finding of the new- grounds.) first of a series came at a time when old-established arrived at the I The ominous silence set in as the of dinner guests Ballenjrer home. areas were showing signs of playing When Mrs, Ballenger found Nora, out. It also came in what is norm- the child was busily feeding the ally an off-season period for shrimp- Uuhner Jo the family dogs. OS9.6S.

Oddly, the Port show its first profitable year dur- ore find sraiii. carsroes ing a period when it was without inland aud permanent director for much of the to such a time. I ally The Authority has been Exchisivc of grain and under Acting Bresnaban, a Director John M.j loadings. Boston ranks second only Lynn i to New Ynrk as JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER'S DAY Ay 16 SUPERB PIECES one sensationallow price! g0t th on the from tw price! lece luxiiriou crafted and 'he aliona Plated ware P' a 'ed with ONLY EACH Federal Tax Extra Chester ATBII, Mam KERN COnwre LEADING.

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