Cedar Rapids Man Assigned To U.S.S. Wisconsin Cruise
Marvin Heath son of Mr and Mrs Myrle Heath of Cedar Rapids will join about 700 reservists aboard the U S S Wisconsin sailing from New York February 2 for a two week training cruise. Heath holds gunner's mate first class rating and previously served in the Pacific on the frigate Van Buren. The program includes drills and emergency exercises with weekend shore leaves in New York and Bermuda. Additional Cedar Rapids men have signaled willingness to accept sea duty for March cruises.
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India Moves Toward Independence Declared by Assembly
The Indian national constituent assembly unanimously adopts a resolution declaring India an independent sovereign republic. Nehru closes debate with a 45 minute speech vowing to sever ties with Britain while seeking friendly relations with the British and other nations. The Muslim League boycott leaves 75 delegates absent and princely states resist interference with sovereignty.
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John Foster Dulles
Five Lectures From Leaders On Both Sides At Coe Chapel
Registration for five lectures costs $2.50 and can be paid in person by mail or at the door. The series opens January 28 at 8 p.m. in Coe Chapel with Dr. Ordway Tead editor of sociology and economics books, along with Kermit Eby CIO Robert Watt AFL Whipple Jacobs NAM member and Senator Wayne Morse on the senate labor committee. The fee remains the same for the course.
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AFL
Whipple Jacobs
NAM Board
Wayne Morse
Senate Labor Committee
Mosquito Lethality Compared in Pacific War
In early Pacific warfare Anopheles mosquitoes disabled eight times more soldiers and marines than the Japanese. By 1943, after intensive measures, malaria caused fewer than one hundred direct army deaths.
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Farmer Slain by Neighbor Found Guilty by Jury
In Minden, Lester Vannier was found dead after killing neighbor Tjaden Jan 8 at the Vannier home door. Judge Charles A. Chappell noted multiple theories but found no evidence to support them. Tjaden’s body was later found near Vannier’s car, originally thought accidental.
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Man Vanished After Night Visit to Tjaden Farm
Mrs. Tjaden testified her husband and Vannier left for Vannier's home on January 8. She said Van nier aided chores because he was ill and his wife was hospitalized after giving birth. Vannier later returned, said Tjaden went with a stranger to Kearney, and vanished thereafter.
Brain tissue extract may rival penicillin in infections
Chicago report cites Journal of Bacteriology saying recent experiments indicate brain tissue extract could combat certain infections as effectively as penicillin. The Journal of Bacteriology released the Wednesday news noting Dr Leo G.
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Journal of Bacteri
Leo G
Scientists Identify Brain Extract from Aureus Study
Nutini and Sister Eva Maria Lynch of the Institutum Divi Thomae Cincinnati report brain tissue extract aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is linked to boils abscesses food poisoning meningitis pneumonia and bone infections. The Journal notes the brain extract can be prepared from human or animal organs using a method by Nutini and Prof.ORNelius a
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Institutum Divi Thomae
Cincinnati
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