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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1929
Page
2
In wartime commentary, the author argues that while front lines faced bombardment, high command in both sides enjoyed tacit protection from bombing and gunfire. The piece notes this unwritten understanding, contrasts it with the peril faced by front headquarters, and cites a Cassel, Flanders example to illustrate the point.
Los Angeles inventor Edmund H. Hansen perfects an osciographoscope capable of transmitting heart sounds over wire or radio to ships at sea and distant clinics. Private demonstrations show minute heart actions and blood circulation can be heard, aiding physicians in emergencies.
A physician fish, dubbed the surgeon fish, joins Smithsonian Philippine collection. It bears razor edged cartilage lances beside its tail able to spring out and injure, even severing a hand with a tap. The lances, many poisoned, suit tropical Indian and Pacific ocean habitats.
Residents of Oakley Idaho pool funds to hire a doctor after years without a physician. A contract ties the physician’s pay to a minimum income, with a fund built from citizen assessments. Each family contributed $20 as an initial reserve, placed in a local bank for the doctor to draw upon. Oakley’s population is about 1,100.
In Palermo Sicily Dr Francesco di Chiara 64 rushed to a bedside to aid fellow doctor Salvatore Santo Mauro and while taking the pulse died. The patient recovered.
The pistol that ended Jesse James’s career was fired again when George Culver of Mattagorda Texas, owner since 1885, let a Houston woman fire it from a hotel window during the Texas and Southwest cattle raisers convention. The gun was recovered by James’ brother-in-law after Ford killed the highwayman.
The record notes presidents used second hand vehicles. It cites Tyler as riding a used carriage bought from Paulding, secretary of the navy under Van Buren, while Coolidge faced similar gossip about a second hand limousine.
A campaign to provide every English city with an airfield has dispatched an inspecting crew to review more than 10,000 potential landing sites. Each site is tested rapidly to assess suitability for development as an airfield.
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