Blood clotting test promises home use for heart patients
Washington October 31 George Washington University doctor announced a simple 14 minute home style blood clotting test to monitor anticoagulant therapy. The method uses a finger blood drop plus rabbit brain substrate to gauge clotting time enabling patients at home after 20 minutes of instruction. Devised by Dr Benjamin Manchester the test aims to extend life saving anticoagulant treatment beyond hospitals.
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Women's Clubs Avenger Club Meeting Report
The Ballenger Homemaker Club met October 18 at Community Hall hosted by Abrs. William Zimmerman. Eighteen members and one visitor attended. Officers elected for 1955 include President Mrs. Russell Thomas and Vice President Mrs. Oliver King. Recreation led by Miss Mollie Zimmerman. Next meeting will be at the hall with Mrs. Willis Derrag hostess. Harmony Grove Club marked its 50th anniversary with a luncheon at Peter Pan Inn. Miss Ethel Thomas chaired. Beatrice Fehr attended as guest. Five former presidents recalled highlights of their terms.
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Howard Aldridge
Beatrice Fehr
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Grayson E. Bowers
Edward H. Mantz
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Walter Hahn
Clarence Eaves
Club members note meaning of group since 1924
A member comments on the club’s significance since its organization in August 1924 at Mrs William Thomas’s home with thirteen charter members. Several members remain listed, and the next meeting is set for November 18 at Mrs Clarence Eaves’s home. Meanwhile Indianapolis mourning grows after Wilbur Shaw and two others die in a crash near Fort Wayne. investigators consider mechanical failure as the cause.
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New Turbo Prop Air Liner Crashes and Burns
Melbourne report says a Vickers Viscount turboprop for Trans Australia Airlines crashed during a practice takeoff north of the city. Seven senior crew members were aboard. three pilot captains died. five others escaped with injuries including one crew member’s five year old son. The aircraft was new, not yet in regular service, and had been ordered as one of six Viscounts. A second Viscount mishap occurred last week in Rome with all 36 aboard escaping unharmed. In other news, the U N General Assembly nears midterm with a tight schedule and little progress toward a planned finish by December.
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Cuban President Candidate Withdraws From Race
Ramon Grau Sartorman withdrew from Cuba's presidential race, leaving Fulencio Batista as the sole candidate in the upcoming general election. Grau denounced the election as a farce, signaling a clear shift in Cuba's political contest as Oct. 31 reports detail the withdrawal amid mounting tensions.
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Candidate Quits Hours Before Cuba Election Polls
A candidate contesting a third bid for Cuba’s presidency withdrew 12 hours before the vote by Cuba’s two million voters. The move followed the Supreme Electoral Tribunal’s unanimous rejection of an 11th hour appeal to delay elections for 8 or 10 days, with ballots to decide president vice president Congress and many mayors and officials.
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Hallowe'en Dance At Camp Kanawha Draws Fifty Couples
About fifty couples attended the Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association annual Hallowe'en dance at Camp Kanawha Saturday night. First prize went to Mr and Mrs John S Miller of Wilson Place for costumes portraying creatures from outer space. Music was supplied by Clark Shecenhelm's orchestra.
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