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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1929
Page
2
Midnight Sun and the Mystery of Polar Day
The article explains why June brings the midnight sun for northern travelers, noting the summer solstice on June 22 and the extension of daylight as one moves toward higher latitudes. It describes circumpolar stars, the North Star, and how the sun’s apparent path changes with latitude from New York to the Arctic Circle and ultimately the North Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Norway
New York
Celestial Pole
Arctic Circle
North Pole
X Ray Alters Heredity Through Tiny Gene Threads
New York chemist Jerome Alexander and Carnegie Institute’s Calvin Bridges discuss how X rays may alter inherited traits by affecting gene threads inside chromosomes. Tiny beads seen under microscopes, called genes, determine features like plant and insect development, with changes potentially producing new forms while preserving origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome Alexander
Calvin Z. Bridges
Carnegie
Shrine Honors Author of Monroe Doctrine
A small brick building in Fredericksburg Virginia houses a commemorative bronze tablet to President James Monroe. Laurence Gouverneur Hoes accepted the tablet on behalf of the Monroe defendants. Monroe practiced law in the building after the Revolutionary War. The memorial tablet was donated by the James Monroe chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
James Monron
Laurence Gouverneur Hoes
Monroe
James Monroe
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington, D. C
New Rapid Tuberculosis Test Revealed by Researchers
Atlantic City reports a new method to detect tuberculosis infection within three to four days after exposure. The test uses a phosphatid from tuberculosis germs, isolated by Yale and tested at Rockefeller Institute, with further refinement of tuberculin by Chicago scientists. The work involves Yale, Rockefeller, Chicago, and 17 institutions in a seven year national cooperative effort led by Dr. William Charles White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
National Tuberculosis Association
Rockefeller Institute
Sterling Chemistry Laboratories
Yale University
Treat B. Johnson
R. J. Anderson
Florence R. Sahin
C. A. Doan
GC. B. Forkner
Yale
Chicago University
William Charles White
Washington
Shipbuilding boom predicted by US Ship Rockwell Board head
Chairman O'Connor of the United States Shipping Board estimates that in the next year more tonnage will be under construction in American shipyards than at any time since the war period. Many vessels will be large and of types newly undertaken on this side of the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O'Connor
United States Shipping Board
Atlantic
Silvery Cadmium Coat Guards Steel From Rust
In Toronto on May 28 the American Picotra chemical society heard a description of using cadmium to protect steel from corrosion. The metal provides luster and a galvanized-like dull coating, offering a soft tactile feel while remaining hard. R L Westbrook of Grasselli Chemical described the coating process. The report also notes that 14 of 53 mammal species once in the Chicago district have disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
U P
Picotra Chemical Society
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowe Brothers
Lowe
Brothers Cleaner
Malone Hardware Co
Boy Ae
Supreme
The
Dothan Ice Cream Co
Robert H. Baker
University of Illinois
Urbana
Donald B. MacMillan
Shrine
Sinclair
Pennsylvania
R. L. Westbrook
Grasselli Chemical Conprany
Cleveland
Porter’s Fairyland
Porter Hardware, Young Drug Co
Dothan Bank & Trust Company
Cash Drug Company
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