Iced Amnesia Reported To Ease Cancer Pain
A new hibernation method named iced amnesia was announced at the Cancer Congress. Patients are cooled to 38 or 90 degrees and remain conscious, experiencing deep rest with no memory of the episode, while doctors monitor blood pressure and nutrition. The Temple University program aims to relieve pain and potentially aid cancer patients, though it is not a proven treatment and requires further study.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Atlanta City
N. 3
Temple University
American Mediical Association
St. Louis
Temple
Congress
Two youths charged after escapes end in ditch
Two boys fled from a closed and boarded area driving at high speed. Their steering failed at a curve, sending their car into a shallow ditch. A state trooper found them and sent them to Algoa, then to the state penitentiary. They appeared before Judge Wheatly and were bound over for circuit court.
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State Highway Patrol
Algoa
The Greatest Forts Test German French Lines
The article surveys the Maginot line as the world’s strongest fortification and the rival Siegfried line. It notes subterranean bays housing thousands of troops and vast facilities, with layered defenses and extensive anti-aircraft fire along the Rhine border.
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Rhine
Luxembourg
H. C. Detje
Maginot
National Geographic Society
Bower
Senate Debates Arms Embargo and War Profiteering
Senators debated the administration's policy on arms embargo while calls rose to curb profiteering and expand defense spending. Discussion covered delaying Congress, potential relief act changes, and a special session to address neutrality law, prices, and wartime preparedness. President Roosevelt scheduled a special session start next Thursday.
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Congress
Senate
House
Europe
Roosevelt
Clark
D-Mo
Borgh
R-Ideho
Borah
NBC Blue
E.S.T
Nye
R-Nd
Murray
D-Mont
Rogers
Rep
Voorhis
Calif
Pepper
D-Fla
Epher
Sen i
Tion
Null
Germany
Great Britain
Mercury Heat Forces School Closures Across District
A continued heat wave prompts Immaculate Conception and Public Schools to dismiss at noon with no afternoon classes. Jefferson City High coach John Adams and St. Peter’s High coach Ben Porter oversee light practices at City Park as heavy drills are paused for the season.
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X. C
Immaculate Conception
John Adams
Jefferson City High School
Ben Porter
St. Peter’s High
City Park Field
College Life Opens As Missouri Mobilizes
Columbia Missouri September 14 College life began as Stephens junior college for women started classes and Christian junior college for women and the University of Missouri held registration ahead of the official opening tomorrow. Stephens reports 1680 students from 46 states and nine foreign countries setting a new record. Missouri expects enrollment of 5300, surpassing last year’s 5157 record.
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Columbia
Stephens Junior College
Christian Junior College For
University of Missouri
Stephens
Missouri
Fire destroys large warehouse in Carthage marble firm
In Carthage Missouri on September 14 a fire damaged a large frame warehouse belonging to the Carthage Marble Corporation. The blaze destroyed machinery supplies and foreign marble but officials said operations would continue. A spark from a company owned engine was blamed for the fire.
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Carthage
Carthage Marble Corporation
Deaths Last Night James G Dayton Publisher of Journal
James Chandler Dayton, 77, longtime publisher of the New York Journal from 1923 to 1928, and former general advertising counselor for Hearst newspapers, died last night in New York. He helped steer the Journal during a formative era and held prominent roles in newspaper advertising.
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James G. Dayton
New York
James Chandler Dayton
Old
New York Journal
Feneral
Hearst Newspapers
Negro Woman Seeks Missouri Admission After Rejection
Lucile Bluford a Kansas University graduate applied for admission as a journalism graduate student at the University of Missouri but was refused. Accompanied by lawyers Sidney Redmond and John Davis she said Lincoln University was suggested for Black students and that she has not heard back on her Lincoln application. The case echoes Lloyd Gaines litigation on equal facilities for Black students.
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Columbia
Lucile Bluford
Kansas U
University of Missouri
Miss Bluford
Kansas University
S. Woodson Canada
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
Sidney R. Redmond
John A. Davis
St. Louis
Redmond
Lloyd Gaines
Missouri Law School
United States Supreme Court
Girl Killed in Marshall Wreck
Miss Mary Jane Wasson 25 of Kansas City died in an auto crash near Marshall Missouri after skidding down a 15 foot embankment two miles west of the U S 60 and 63 intersection. Her sister in law Mrs William Wasson was injured.
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Marshall
Mary Jane Wasson
Kansas City
William Wasson
Car Loadings Show A Marked Decrease
The Association of American Railroads reports 667,409 cars of revenue freight loaded the week ending last Saturday, down 54,339 cars or 7.5 percent from the prior week, up 98,702 or 174 percent from a year ago, and down 40,793 or 3.8 percent from 1937. Sears Roebuck sales rise in eighth period, Aug 14 to Sept 10, totaling 24,504,194 dollars, up 19.4 percent from last year’s 37,524,471.
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Washington
The
Association of American Railroads
Chicago
Sears Roebuck & Co
Strike cripples power service in 77 Missouri towns
Rural Missouri saw 77 towns lose electric service as a strike halted lines. Deputy sheriffs guarded Warrensburg and Nevada plants while workers kept engines running at a few sites. Officials warned residents to conserve power as lines at Clinton Pleasant Hill and nearby communities faced restart delays.
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Missouri
Warrensburg
Pleasant Hill
Nevada
W. B. Head
Johnson, Cass, Henry, Vernon and
St. Clair Counies
Benton County
Jackson, Cedar
Knobwoster
Centerview
Lamont
Holden
Kingsville
Concordia
Bates City
Warsaw
Lincoln
Cole Camp Ionia
Windsor
Calhoun
Leeton
Green Ridge
Blairstown
Creighton
Urich
Brownington
Clinton
Metz
Horton
Deerfield
Schell City
Harwood
Walker
el Dorado Springs
Osceola
Lowry City
Roscoe
Appleton City
Montrose
Sheldon
Milo
Irwin
Milford
Jantha
Hannon
Mounsville
Bronaugh
Lees Summit
Greenwood
Lone Jack
Lake Lotawanna
Buckner
Sibley
Levasy
Blue Springs
Lake Tapawingo
Grain Valley
Oak Grove
Raytown
Little Blue
Belton
Grandview
Peculiar
Raymore
Strasburg
Freeman
Baldwin Lake
Harrisonville
Garden City
East Lynne
Latour
Adrian
Archie
Drexel
Amoret
Merwin
Amsterdam
Lamar
Liberal
Trenton
Brimson
Lock Springs
Edinburg
Laredo
Chu Ja
Dunlap
Spickard
Mill Grove
Tindall
Ridgeway
Eagievie
Bythedae
Mt. Moriah
Gainston
Chilcothe
HAST OF LOUISIANA GRAFT TRIALS TO JURY
Federal Judge Borah overruled defense motions for not guilty verdicts in the Seymour Weiss mail fraud trial and ordered cross examining arguments. The case concerns the alleged double sale of Bienville hotel furniture to Louisiana State University.
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New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
Seymour Weiss
Rene A. Viesen
Associated Press
Weiss
Bienville Hotel
Louisiana State University
Half Holidays On Two Thanksgiving Days In Tennessee
County Judge S O Houston proposes two half holidays to honor Thanksgiving on November 23 per President Roosevelt while avoiding upsetting Governor Cooper. He notes taxpayers might resist if county employees took off both days and stresses not pouting anyone’s feelings.
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Knoxville
Tenn
S. O. Houston
Roosevelt
Cooper
Blood and Thunder Books in Demand among Boys
In St Louis on December 14 AP reports boys show war minded interest with hunger for World War stories aviation titles and spy or dictator books. Librarian Charles H Compton notes heightened demand for adventure and combat themed reading across youth. An unusual mining partnership in Nevada’s Mina Camp Douglas features 30 year old Al Lacey and 13 year old Harry Springer who recently shipped gold ore to a smelter.
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ST. Louis
Charles H. Compton
Mina
Nev
Camp Douglas
al Lacey
Harry Springer
Twin Birth Insurance Rates Rise Across Markets
Insurance trade sources report growing use of twin birth coverage as birth rates with twins increase. Regulators and insurers note higher payout risk and evolving policies.
Mis Fall in Warsaw and Nazi Motor Units May Be Bogged
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a mis fall in Warsaw and possible bogged Nazi motor units. The New York office mentions Manhattan being about 300 miles off the Irish coast. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or full context.
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Warsaw
New York
Manhattan
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Lucille Bluford
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Capitol
Missouri Stoker
Moerschets
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Rere Cola
Louisiana
Blood and Thunder
Nature
Dean
Heppy
Trey
MAYER
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Boonville Road
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Oliver Sulky
John-Deere
Deering
Lewis Landrum
Bernard Harrison
Monrao
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