White House Diary Reveals FDR Food Quirks and Tensions
Henrietta Nesbitt recalls in White House Diary how FDR would sharply request meals signaling rising crises. The president swore once over beef, preferred steak, pies, apple dessert, chocolate ice cream, and odd delicacies like wild turkey and terrapin.
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Henrietta Nesbitt
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War era kitchen tips from varied wartime dining fads
The snippet notes Christians avoiding animal products, a normal meal made with vegetable oils, rising war tension affecting appetites, Mrs. Nesbitt compiling ulcers patients notes, and Harry Hopkins ordering foods he was told not to eat. The passage hints at wartime dietary guidance and quirky personal adaptations.
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Neutron cancer therapy fails in early human trials
San Francisco reports that preliminary experiments treating incurable cancer with neutrons produced by atom smashers largely failed. Dr. Robert S. Stone says neutrons damaged healthy tissue as well as cancer cells in 249 patients treated from 1938 to 1943 using 8 and 16 million electron volt neutrons from cyclotrons.
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Robert S. Stone
University of California Medical School
Stone
American Journal of Roentgenology
Berkeley
Univerisity of California
Los Angeles
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Above Named Defendants Petition Notice In Iowa Case
You are notified that a petition titled Better To Prevent Than To Lament has been filed in a county court in Iowa. The document lists all unknown claimants and interest holders and references the administrator and estate details.
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Default Judgment Sought in Cedar Rapids Case Over Note and Taxes
A court action filed seeks relief on a note and related taxes. The plaintiff alleges money due from the defendant, details a real estate note and parcel in Cedar County, and requests equitable relief including costs. The defendant is ordered to appear by August 21, 1998. failure may lead to judgment by default.
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