Vaccine protects rats from polio
New York August 1 1939 Medical Presence reports a step toward a safe polio vaccine. Dr Hubert S Loring and Stanford researchers vaccinated cotton rats with a formaldehyde treated concentrated virus, then protected most rats from deadly brain exposure. Only one unvaccinated rat showed paralysis. The Lansing strain used raises questions about strain-specific protection for humans.
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Stanford University
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Britain to Cut Commitments in Dollar Crunch
Washington reports Britain plans sharp new cuts in world stability commitments to stretch dwindling American dollar reserves. Informal talks since days center on revising the Anglo American occupation agreement for Germany. The 50 50 cost split may be affected as Britain faces dollar credit exhaustion within six to eight months.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Germany
Reduced Imports Trigger Concerns Over Dollar Payments
A fragmented note states that lowering domestic imports tied to dollar payments risks limiting foreign purchases. The text suggests curbing imports could harm capability to finance similar overseas shipments, highlighting a concern over payment capacity and economic balance.
USC Professor Waterman Dead at 44 in Los Angeles
Dr Herbert Waterman 44 head of USC chemical engineering and inventor of refrigerant and pesticide processes. He joined the department in 1940 and held 40 patents. He also chaired the chamber of commerce smog control committee.
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U.S. C
Los Angeles
Herbert Waterman
Department of Chemical ‘Engineering
University of Southern California
Chamber of Commerce
Baptist Congress Appeals for Asia Aid and Marshall Plan
Dr. Henry Lin, president of Shanghai University, urged 500000 Baptists at the Baptist World Alliance Seventh Congress to back a Marshall plan for Asia. He described dire conditions in East Asia and urged U S and Europe to act, inviting the eighth congress to China in 1952 as economic recovery is hoped.
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U S Planes Parade Over Tokyo In Mass Air Display
A vast air parade over Tokyo featured 472 U S planes including more than 100 P 51 Mustangs forming an enormous U S A F sign. The formation showcased fighters bombers and transports such as P 80 Shooting Stars B 29 Superfortress C 46 and C 54 models with gliders towed, symbolizing the joint national defense plan.
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Woman Kind to Errant Mate Gets Him Second Wife Home
In Chicago Aug 2 Mrs Suzanne Marome 40 told Felony Court Judge Hermes she found an apartment for her husband Beloitt Marome 26 and his second wife and acted as a baby sitter for their children after learning there had been no divorce She refused to press bigamy charges but Beloitt was sentenced to a year in jail for contributing to the dependency of a minor Police found two children abandoned in his flat Martha Jane second wife daughter and Beloitt Jr son of Marome and his second wife The first Mrs Marome said they married in 1941 he left in 1945 later claiming a Miami divorce and marrying Martha Thompson 28 in Whiteville NC The first Mrs Marome also said he asked her to find an apartment in Chicago The second Mrs Marome said she did not know Marome had been married previously She received a year probation for contributing to the dependency of a minor
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Illinois
Nursery Import Bill Becomes Law
President Truman signed a bill authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to omit importation of nursery stock for propagation needs. The measure aims to regulate plant imports and support domestic nurseries and agricultural interests. Signed on April 1, the act defines scope and enforcement mechanisms.
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