Methods Sought Spearhead War Against Poliomyelitis
Cleveland UP A West Reserve University medical team led by J Harve Carlson studies antibiotics from plants and animals to combat poliomyelitis and influenza. They extract chemicals from 3875 organisms and test against viruses, aiming for nerve-safe treatments and new antibiotics. Carlson served in the navy during the war and trained under Capt Coggestall.
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West Reserve University
School of Icine
Carlson
Dr. Carlson
L. T. Coggestall
University of Chicago
Australia’s Bush Telegraph via Strange Mailmen
In remote Australia letters travel by improvised messengers. Bush dwellers sling notes on bore drains and jam tins, forming a swift evolving “bush telegraph.” A trooper’s overnight vigil failed to stop a letter from warning accomplices of a cattle thief’s arrival.
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Sydney
Australia
Outback
Artesian
Queensland
Roving Ravens Vanish From London Tower
The Case of the Roving Ravens confounds Beefeaters at the Tower of London as Grip the lone surviving raven goes missing from Tower Green after Mabel disappeared months earlier. Officials refuse comment while warders note tradition and concern.
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London Tower
AP News
London
Tower of London
Tower Green
Grip
Tower Ravens
Mabel
A. H. Cook
Cora
Welsh Hills
Chester Zoo
Tower
Grin
Empire State Siren Becomes Rural Fire Alarm
A 40 foot tower on the outskirts of a Maine village carries the old Empire State Building siren. The siren once warned New York City of air raids during the war and now serves as a rural fire alarm signaled by remote control from the local telephone office switchboard.
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Jorida
Acat Sinventuries
Doug
J. Harve J. Carlson
Rica
Santa Monica
Calif
Johnock
Junior
Harden
U. of Havana
Cuba
U. of Alabama
Wiregrass
THE
University OF
Havana, Cuba
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Dothan
the Dothan
Pate
Lions Club
Rainer Studio
North Foster Street
Rainer Studio NO
Empire State
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