Longer Life Assured By Prevention
In Philadelphia on March 9, Dr William Harvey Perkins advocates preventive medicine to extend life. He directs a positive health maintenance clinic run by Jefferson Medical College since 1948, stressing habits, work, family history, heredity and environment before a full exam to see patients as humans and promote well being. He notes difficulty in convincing people to change habits even when risks are clear.
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Philadelphia
William Harvey Perkins
Perkins
Jefferson Medical College
Earth
All Gorillas Just Trying To Be Pals
Feature piece on gorillas describing peaceful nature and family bonds. Highlights Bushman Toto and Congo the gorilla, cites New York Zoological Society and naturalists Carl Akeley and A I Good. Notes gorillas as peaceful, orderly, and less aggressive than public image suggests.
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Bushman
America
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Toto
Gargantua
Havana
New York
Zoological Society
Animal Kingdom
Carl Akeley
A. I. Good
Cameroun
Higher Education Climbs Even Higher Via Sky Ship
Michigan State educator Prof. Carl M. Horn envisions education on wings marking the air age. He leads Flying Classroom tours and plans a six week Europe study trip for 60 officials to study politics, economy, and education firsthand across Ireland to Czechoslovakia. He argues air travel can trim college time and cost, making the world a classroom.
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East Lansing
Mich
NEA
Michigan State College
Carl M. Horn
Michigan State
Horn
Europe
Ireland
England
France
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Holland
Czechoslovakia
Sky
America
Wreck Kills Youth in Hermleigh Texas Youth Dies in Crash
Horace Rackley Jr. 17 of Hermleigh died when a truck he rode in rolled over near Pyron Texas on Wednesday. The fatal accident occurred as the vehicle overturned leaving the youth dead at the scene.
Parachute Tests Planned From 60000 Feet At White Sands
EL CENTRO Calif March 9 Parachute jumps to 60000 feet will be attempted this summer at White Sands New Mexico Proving Grounds from FaO jets by Navy and Air Force chuttists Lieutenant Commander J A Morrison says fliers could survive above 60000 feet only in pressurized insulated capsules developed by the Navy These cockpit capsules can be rejected from the plane in emergencies and are lowered by large parachutes.
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EL Centro
Calif
White Sands
N. M
Proving Grounds
Navy
Air Force
J. A. Morrison Morrison
Reburial Rites Set For McKinney GI
Re burial services will be held in McKinney for Paul Ryan Skelton one of two US Army sergeants killed in an ambush at Nurenberg Germany on May 10 1946. The body is due to arrive here Thursday. Lumbermen to meet in Galveston April 21 26.
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McKinney
Paul Ryan Skelton
Nurenberg
Germany
Doan’s Pills Promote Relief From Backache
As people age stress and strain can slow kidney function causing nagging backache fatigue headaches and dizziness. Doan’s Pills offer mild diuretic relief and have been used by millions for over 50 years to ease discomfort from minor bladder irritations and cold dampness.
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Dean
Doan
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King King
Boris Karloff
Yerkes Laboratories
Primate Biology
Yerkes Lab
Congo
Lover Man
Ontiex
Os Vim
Vigor
Vitali
All Drug St
Walgreen's
Austin
Renfro's
Nalle
AL H. Johns CO
E. Ph
Armstrongs
Capitol
W. 6Th Ph
General
Electric
Ecs New
Arid Resort
McKinney GI
Galveston
Lumbermen's Association of Texas
SEARS
Jodphurs
Penafores
Ular
RAYON
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