Chloromycetin Developed From Venezuelan Soil
The drug chloromycetin, hailed as a first effective chemical weapon against epidemic typhus scrub typhus and typhoid fever, emerged from a soil sample found by Paul Burkholder in Venezuela. Trials in test tubes animals and early human use in Bolivia and Mexico showed promise against multiple bacteria and rickettsiae, with further testing at the Army Medical Center under Dr Smadel.
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R Tashington
Paul Burkholder
Vene
Yaleselen
Caracas
Burkholder
Burkhalder
Britain
New Brunswick
N. J
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
South America
Illinois
Ilinois
Urbana
Parke, Davis
John Ehrlich
Quentin R. Bartz
Army Medical Center
Washington
Joseph EB. Smadel
Department of
Hation
Parke
Davis
Smade
Elizabeth Jackson
University of Maryland
Smadel
Eugene Payne
Bolivia
Water Front Death Ship Bay Wreck Mystery Revealed
S. L. Marlow of Newport Beach identifies the wreckage of the schooner Carma in Long Beach Bay where Capt. Walter Vanderwell was slain in the 1930s. Marlow also notes the remains of the schooner Sequoia and claims Vanderwell’s widow Aisia was aboard a carnival ship that left the harbor before returning. A separate shipping notice reports a Maritime Commission sale reducing the merchant fleet to 3312 ships as of July 1, with details on active, bareboat charter, and reserve vessels, and mentions new tankers ordered by Standard Oil and an Arab American line ship contract context.
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Walter Vanderwell
Long Beach
S. L. Marlow
St. Newport Beach
Sacher
Marlow
Mazatlan
Vanderwell
Aisia
Martime Commission
Panama
Eet
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Andj
Sun Yard
Chester
Alaska Steamsh Co
California reports 125 million state surplus for year end
Sacramento July 28 The State of California shows a surplus of 125,742,746 as of June 30. State Controller Kuchel noted general fund receipts near 500 million with cash excess about 20 million above last year. Spending from the general fund fell to 446,299,000 while sales tax rose to 276,500,000 and personal income tax to 49,282,000.
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Sacramento
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Kuchel
General Fund
New Walnut Program Announced for Aug 1
Washington July 28 news announces a new approach to walnut handling in California Oregon and Washington effective August 1. The Department of Agriculture aims to simplify administration and stabilize marketing of walnuts while a separate mid Pacific fisheries program seeks biologists oceanographers and other specialists to man three vessels for tuna research and exploration.
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Washington
California
Oregon
U.S. Fish & Wild Life Service
Washington, D.C
Belmont Shore Fiesta Plans Draw Weekend Activities
Belmont Shore Businessmen organize the annual Belmont Shore Fiesta with days of entertainment a beauty contest and parades. The event runs Aug 22 through Aug 29 at Quincy Avenue and surrounding sites with sailing boat races aquatic events a carnival and a country store auction. Don May is general manager with Jack Lee as chief chairman and a long list of committee heads handling water activities transportation finance prizes and public events.
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Qfyen
Brooks Lowen
Bob Gracer
John Vance
Art
Quincy Ave
Livingston Dr
Ivace
Alamitos Bay
Don May
Jack Lee
Dutch Miller
Water Activites
Anona
Defense Begins in Treason Trial in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on July 28 defense testimony opened in To moya Kawakita’s treason trial. Attorney Morris Lavine presented initial evidence and sought to dismiss a portion of the case. Kawakita, a Calexico-born Nisei who served as an interpreter in Japan, faces charges of brutality against American soldiers at a notorious prison camp. Lavine expects over a dozen witnesses and depositions from several Japanese including former premier Hideki Tojo, as trial judge Wiliam C. Mathes presides.
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Los Angeles
Tomoya Kawakita
Morris Lavine
Kawakita
Japan
Oeyama
Lavine
Wiliam C. Mathes
Deki Tojo
Hidek
Il Duce Kidnap Man Escapes
Frankurt reports Otto Skorzeny the former U S Elite Guard lieutenant colonel escaped from Darmstadt Prison Camp where Mussolini was held for denazification. Skorzeny, known for the Mussolini VIP kidnapping, was acquitted in 1943 on charges of sending troops into combat in American uniforms.
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Frankfurt
Otto Skorzeny
U. S
Benito Mussolini
Darm Stadt
Skorzeny
Mussolini
Sam Hitler
Stan Casso
Darmstadt
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Harris & Frank
Pine Avenue
Robin
Bloomington
Ill
Apple Tree Nest
Persian Gulf
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Pacific Far East Line
Arabian-American Or Co
C. C. Harrod
Bedance
Pao E Diagnostic Offices
Richmon
General Agency
Belmont Shore
Fom
Il Duce
Tamous
Imperial Hardware CO
American
Compton Blvd
Long Seach Compton
Bowe
Sally He
Fourth ST
Moordell
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