Pipeline to the heart hailed by Cleveland surgeons
Dr. Harold Fett and Dr. Claude S. Beach described a risky heart surgery at the American Medical Association meeting in Atlantic City. They harvest chest muscle to form a tissue pipeline graft into the heart lining, claiming 12 of 20 advanced heart patients improved and five returned to work, with eight deaths within 10 days.
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Harold Fett
Claude S. Beach
Cleveland
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
Beack
Gadget Grading Papers At Speed Could Reform Education
A new device tested in Athens Georgia promises automatic grading of true false and selective questions. The machine uses pencil marks as electrical conductors to determine correct answers and displays the grade on a meter. Students write in selectable columns on a standard form as papers pass through electrode blades, with accuracy to be proven.
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Athens
Georgia
F. S. Beer
University System of Georgia
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Call to cut Hudson Bay marine insurance to spur western trade
The piece argues the high marine insurance tariff from Churchill to Europe compared with Montreal hampers Western Canadian grain shipments via the Hudson Bay route. It cites Minister Howe figures, notes the need to raise traffic to cover costs, and proposes government pressure on rate setters or temporary subsidies to lower the insurance burden and boost volumes.
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Canada
Europe
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Montreal
Atlantic
C. D. Howe
House of Commons
Hudson Bay Railway
Nature
Howe
Hudson Strait
Pacific
Class Distinction Banned from Henley Regatta Entry
The Royal Henley regatta will admit mechanics artisans and laborers for the first time next year after the Amateur Rowing Association voted to end class based amateur status. The old 35 year old definition of amateur is thus amended following protests against class distinction.
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Amateur Rowing Association
Low Wages Drive More Women to Work in Jugoslavia
Pravda reports a surge in women industrial workers from 61,000 to 230,000 in three years, with many under 22. Wages for men are low, pushing women to work to supplement family income, further depressing pay. Many women earn under 50 cents a day as labor laws go unenforced in practice.
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Jugoslavia
Pravda
Selected Recipes for Thick Custard Moulds
Scald two cups milk in a double boiler then mix two thirds cup Benson's Corn Starch with cold milk sugar and salt. Stir into hot milk and cook until thick then finish with vanilla. Pour into moistened moulds and chill. Serve with jam jelly fruit custard sauce or Crown Brand Corn Syrup.
Belongs to Sea Gods After Rescue from Haiping
Chinese quartermaster Tow Tsu Chang, 54, of the Haiping, was saved by the Mildura crew near Australia but is still considered dead by his countrymen who refuse to acknowledge him. They nearly threw him back to the sea gods before Brisbane arrival, blaming the weather on his fate.
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Tsu Chang
Brisbane
Australia
Haiping
Harping
Photographer Prentice Downes to expedition in north
Prentice G Downes 27 of Boston packs for a six week solo photographic expedition into northern Canada and the sub Arctic. Sponsored by the New England Museum of Natural History the scientist will travel from Flin Flon Manitoba to live among Cree and Chippewyan Indians and Indians as he documents the country. He plans to return to Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay in early August and sail on the Hudson Bay Company relief ship HMS Nascopie to northern posts.
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Prentice G. Downes
Boston
Canada
Arctic
Downes
New England Museum of Natural History
Flin Flon
Man
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay Company
H.M.S. Nascopie
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Advertise Remedy
An old time medicine ad touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow and relieve digestive discomfort. It claims gentle action without calomel or mercury and urges readers to ask for the product by name.
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Rae
Harnal Parsons
Carter
Praise For Little Theatre Movement In Canada Forging Ahead
Michael Saint Denis, ad judge at Ottawa finals, praises Canada’s amateur theatre as lively and improving. He forecasts eventual professionalism and urges a central organization and yearly national touring by a professional company to raise standards.
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Canada
Michael Saint Deni
Michael Saint Denis
Ottawa
Saint Denis
Let Babies Cry Doctors Say They Are Merely Trying
University of Georgia physicians advise against picking up crying babies noting their cries raise blood pressure in adults. They report newborns have about 75 percent of adult blood pressure and must “build up steam” to grow properly using a new measurement method.
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University of Georgia
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