Mother's Day and Safe Motherhood
Maternal mortality in the United States remains high compared with Europe and other nations. The article cites 1934 figures showing about 59 deaths per 10,000 live births, analyzes causes including prenatal care and obstetric practices, and highlights efforts by the Maternity Center Association to reduce deaths through nationwide education and improved care. It also honors J Marion Sims for pioneering surgical repair of fistula and traces his career from South Carolina to New York, Europe, and Washington.
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United States
United States Children’s Bureau
Crug Vriietearmaseit
Lithuania
Suas
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Seseneees
Australia
Belgium
Syeseevevees
Canada
Vseeeressaees
Germany
Seseeseeves
GreeCe
Nyeeteeuaees
New Zealand
Czechoslovakia
Irish Free State
England and Wales
Switzerland
Denmark
Hungary
Estonia
Seeyeueeurs
Netherlands
Norway
Japan
Italy
Iocaes
Uruguay
Chile
Alan F. Guttmacher
European
Holland
Sweden
America
Guttmacher
Scandinavia
Carnather
Maternity Center Association
New York City
Hazel Corbin
The
Miss Corbin
Louis I. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
J. Marion Sims
Lancaster Oaaunty
S. C
Sims
Charleston Medical School
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Montgomery
Ala
North
New York
Woman’s Hospital
City of
Europe
England
France
Eugenie
Napoleon III
South Carolina
American Medical Association
Washington
Light-Heart Fashions For a Gay Vacation
Summer ready fashion patterns offer bright easy styles for home or lake trips. Slacks with bolero and topper use denim gingham or jersey, adoring a handkerchief print topper. Adorable Dirndl flatters slim figures with lively prints in linen chintz or percale. Patterns 1332 and 1480 fit sizes 12 to 20 with yardage and trimming details. Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. San Francisco.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
This Cheerful Peasant Apron Pattern Offer
A new applique pattern 1679 features seven motifs about 6 by 7 inches with transfer and applique pieces, color ideas, stitch illustrations, and material needs. Send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York with name and address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Quiz Qs on General Knowledge
A compact quiz asks when Cordell Hull acted as president, what sides of a coin besides heads and tails, what area is continental United States, what is the zenith, and the average length of a congressional session.
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Cordell Hull
The
United States
Continental
Congress
Roosevelt and Garner on cruise and in Japan in 1935
In August 1935 Roosevelt was on a cruise 2000 miles away while Garner was in Japan. Hull was then Chief Executive. The item also notes obverse and reverse and discusses inclusion of Alaska in the 48 states plus DC. It mentions a celestial overhead point and Congress sessions averaging 197 days.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Japan
Hull
States
District of Columbia
Alaska
Congress
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