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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
7
The McCarran Aviation Bill creates an independent commission to regulate air lines, centralizing authority to replace fragmented oversight by three departments. Supporters say it will accelerate air commerce, reduce past disasters, and align aviation with interstate railroad regulation.
Las Vegas enjoys an unusually pleasant summer and experts say Lake Mead will not affect the local climate. Engineers note large intermountain regions receive minimal impact from nearby reservoirs, citing Salton Sea Walker Lake Pyramid Lake and Great Salt Lake as examples.
A Las Vegas observer recalls the Yellow Jack era as a medical drama linked to General Gorgas and the 1903 yellow fever fight in Mexico. Dr. Roy W. Martin’s early career included aiding a patient who later praised him, after which Mr. and Mrs. Davidson revisited old ties in Las Vegas.
Dr Martin and a young classmate traveled through tropical Mexico and halted at Montemora les a 15 000 resident town on the Gulf slope south of Monterey in Tamaulipas. The bold pair faced the world head on accepting the challenge of a lifetime.
A sick German in Monterrey is denied care at a quarantine camp until Dr. Martin secures an order from the governor and federal authorities. The physician earns permission to treat the ill man at the camp and the patient recovers despite earlier neglect. The report notes the era’s yellow fever threat and ongoing mosquito concerns.
As yellow fever raged thousands died and Monterrays population plummeted from one hundred thousand to about twenty five thousand. The exodus sent residents toward Saltillo and other retreats while Montemorelos shrank from 165000 to 5000 as fear spread.
Nine days after treating a German patient Dr Martin contracted yellow fever and survived a severe struggle for life. After recovery he gained immunity and could treat patients safely. He befriended three reporters from American papers and they formed a quartet singing a parody of La Paloma to bolster morale amid fear.
Dr. Martin recounts the fall of Lanares where the mayor died of Yellow Jack during duty and his wife briefly led the city. The plague swept the family and many residents, leaving a fifteen year old daughter to run the city and oversee recoveries while looting and destruction faded as the season changed. Dr. Martin then arrived in Las Vegas.
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