Artificial Arms
Developed Now;
Tied to Muscles
By ERNEST G. FTSCHFR
AP Feature Service
M
BERLIN. May — Soldier who
lose both am:? can be made "self
reliant" by artificial limbs accord
ing to Dr. Ferdinand Sauerbruch,
eminent German surge..
To prove hi- point. Dr. Ssuer
bruch gave a demonstration be
fore a go up f foreign correspo-r
dents. He called up one of his
former patients, a 26-year-old
man whos arms were severed
about halfway between the el
bow and hand.
Equipped with artificial hands,
the subject unbuttoned and but
toned hi? clothes, took a match
out of a box and lit a cigar, car
ried a scut.le of coal, and handl
ed a pencil.
Handwriting Unchanged
Dr. Sauerbruch explain d that
the subject's h ndwriting wa
tho same a.- it was \vh n he had
the use of his na’.ur?.l hands. T e
surgeon said that this was true
generally in cases c f amputation
■—that even th armless man in
the circus sideshow who handles
a pencil with his toes produce:
the same style of "handwriting"
he formerly produced by hand.
The science of providing arti
ficial limbs has reached the point
where arms, with some practice,
can be made to be from 36 to 60
crcent as efficient as the natural
aro-.s, depending upon the point
at which the arm was amputated,
• plained the surgeon. This par
f'cular subject lost the lower part ■
f hi arm eight years ago.
Each of two me-char.isms con
: of a har.d of composition ma
.eriai. a metal sieeve-like arm
• . k siips over the stump of the
r ufaied arm, and two ivory
pegs.
Pegs Removable
lac surgery, after the am nuts
tic.n. consists of graf ir.g a chan
nel af skin under the muscles on
each side of the arm. Ivory pegs
lab-rut four inches long go through
each of hese channels. Tiv pegs
fit 1 ;:ely into the channels and
can be withdrawn readily.
The mechanical hand and arm
hitch in to these pegs. The nius
; cies of the arm motivate th
p g. which exerts pressure on the
mechanical arm which, in turn.
'■I ves the fingers.
The individual shown in the
demonstration, the surgeon x
Trineri.had become self-sustain
! ing. He operates an elevator in
. the huge hospital charity clinic,
'supervised by Dr. Saucrbruch
■ What was done for this individ
ual can be done for hundreds of
maimed soldiers, the surgeon sa d
i although he admitted that shrap
nel frequently complicate- mat
ters. It is better, he s3id, to make
provision for the artificial limb
soon after the amputation.
FI ll:n in the New Y mk Tri
aid Tribune: “Anti-Ai. Practice
Scares Ducks, So Army Restricts
Searchlights.”
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Christmas Seal
Sales lor 1941
Expected High
Ch' srrras Seal Sale figures for
the ’941 Chri mas Seal Saif,
while not yet complete, indicat
Colonel Gerald Biover (above),
4?, a United States military ob
server was killed in the Anglo
Ug> ptian Sudan “in an airplane
accident." Born in Brooklyn, N.
Y., Colonel Brower entered the
army in If)Hi. He served in the
world war.
BELFAST AFTER T iiRIFIC AIR RAID
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Salvage workers move through wreckage left by German air raid on Belfast, Northern Ireland. The
British flag flies from facade of building at left. Th ; Brtish announced that 500 persons were killed
ajul hundreds injured in the raid. This photo was radioed to New York from London.
FRONT AND REAR WHEELS HOLD STRANGE MEETING
When the left front wheel came off Robert Boggs’ automobile in Des Moines, la., it rolled back under
the running beard until the rear wheel was balanced solidly on what once was a front v\hcel. Boggs
had to push the car off the wheel.
that this year’s Sale will be th
largest ever held in tae Territory
accr rditig to Harry G. Wat-on of
Fairbanks, chairman of the an
iual drive.
“Th-e pcopl of Ai'.'ka have
igain demonstrated their willing
ness to respond most generously
'o a worthy cause," he aid. “i
wish to thank, not only the many
volunteer workers who devoted
th ir tin e and interest toward
maki; g the Sale such an ou'stanc
:ng success but also, eac 1 nod ev
ery individual '‘and organizatio
•hise generous contribution
have again made pos-iblc he cor.
inuation of the work of the As
'social ion.
CLEANUP NOTICE
May lfith to 25th has been de
signated by the Common Coun
cil as CLEANUP WEEK.
Property owners are hereby
requested to clean up their prem
ises during this period and place
debris at some convenient place
near the sidewalk, where it can
be picked up later by truck or
wagon. If this is done, your de
bris will be hauled away iree of
charge.
The Health Committee of the
Council, as well as the Police De
partment, will make a survey of
the town from time to time and
repoit those who fail to cooperate
in this attempt to make our town
a cleaner place to livp in, as well
as to improve the sanitary con
ditions, thus guarding, to some
extent against disease.
It is hoped that all will real
ize the importance of this under
taking, and that each will do his
part in cooperating with the city
officials, to the end that Nome
might have a more presentable
appearance when the first boat ar
rives.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, Second Division.
In the matter of the Estate of
MAMIE BALL, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed
by the Probate Court of the Cape
Nome Precinct, Territory of Al
aska, S cond Division, Adminis
trator with the will annexed of
Mamie Ball, deceased, and has
qualified as such Administrator
with the will annexed. All per
sons having claims against the
estate of Mamie Ball, diceas d.
are required to present them,
with proper vouchers, within six
months from the date of this No
tice to said Administrator with
*he will annex d, at his residence
.n Nome, Alaska.
Date of this Notice and its
first publication. May 9, 1941.
Roy Stump, Administrator
with the will annexed of
the Estate of Mamie Ball,
deceased.
C. W. Thornton, Attorney
for the Administrator,
Nome, Alaska
Publish May 9, 16, 23, 30. 1941
SAYS BO^S FIRED HIS CLOTHES
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year-old Jack Duncan was comforted by his mother, Mrs. .!. C.
Duncan, after he was severely burned in Los Angeles, when, he
t< Id Policewoman Mary Ross, unidentified hoys threw kerosene on
his clothes and then set them afire with matches.
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partly cloudy. Nat much change in temperature.
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Highest temp — 56 Lowest te p — 30 Precipitation — 0
Total precip this month — 0.04 . to: since Jan. 1. 1941 — 1.61
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