Oil mystery entangles New York official in Oklahoma case
Ville Oklahoma reports a complex tale linking William Fox of New York City Department to a year long project aiding the Mines Bureau. The effort aims to unlock a major crude oil production mystery with potential national impact, while Fox balances science credentials and a dramatic absence from duties.
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Police chemist pursues science while serving New York
After the New York World's Fair, the police detective and chemist earned an AM and PhD from Columbia while teaching high school chemistry. Joining the NYPD in 1940, he worked the midnight beat, earned a promotion to detective in 1945, and later joined the 34th Precinct in Washington Heights. He collaborates with Thomas at Columbia, studies surface chemistry, and assists petroleum researchers, while stressing social responsibility and the broader role of today’s policeman.
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Petroleum Experiment Station
Eyebrow Expression Reveals Hidden Feelings Behind Glasses
Beauty experts note eyebrows express emotion and much feeling can be hidden when glasses cover them, affecting perceived mood and facial cues.
New Picture Methods May Help Science In Heart Disease Battle
Cleveland report covers American Foundation for High Blood Pressure at a conference of 29 hypertension and cardiovascular experts. They note funding needs rise to about a million dollars with no cure, yet highlight a breakthrough: a noninvasive live-artery imaging technique by Dr. Meyer Friedman.
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Medical researchers weigh tests and diet in hypertension study
Doctors Friedman Perle and associates test coronary disease diagnostics using convicts volunteers while debating antihypertensive dietary limits. Dr Schroeder links psychosomatic stress to hypertension, noting ischemia in kidneys and a chemical raise in blood pressure, but doubts psychotherapy will broadly help severe cases.
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KU Exhibit Shows Kiss-o-Meter and Atom Smasher
In Lawrence Kansas a University of Kansas engineering display features a kiss-o-meter to gauge kiss intensity. Nearby at the same exhibit stands a three million volt atom smasher.
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Doctors Return to Lab in Race Against Hypertension
Doctors resume testing and compiling in laboratories as high blood pressure and related diseases cost the United States prediction foresees reaching a million deaths or cases yearly by 1960, underscoring the urgent need for improved medical efforts.
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Veterans campaign to kill pension bills at University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota American Veterans Committee campaigns against veterans pension bills sponsored by Rep. John Rankin. AVC spokesman Jack Elliott says the group follows citizens first, veterans second.
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Chick egg hides 1843 dime found after break
In Charleston Barbara Vausha cracked a hardrolled egg and found an 1843 dime embedded under the shell. The find came from a fowl incident that stunned residents. In Fort Worth a thief carried a 9x12 foot rug from Mrs R K Bates car down the street, prompting police pursuit.
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Kansas births show more boys than girls in 1938
Kansas state vital statistics show 21,817 male births and 20,760 female births in 1938, yielding a ratio of 105 boys to 100 girls. The data reflect a male birth predominance in the year.
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