New Studies Suggest Susceptibility Key In Infantile Paralysis
Harvard Medical School researchers led by Dr. William Lloyd Aycock report that exposure method may be less decisive than individual susceptibility to poliomyelitis. Pregnancy appears to raise risk, and experiments with monkeys show female hormones may boost resistance. Baltimore scientists cite alternative infection routes challenging the nose-only theory.
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William Lloyd Aycock
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Aycock
Detroit
Howard A. Howe
David Bodian
Baltimore
Howe
Government Now Relies On Income And Sales Taxes
An analysis by the Federation of Tax Administrators shows a shift over 30 years from customs and liquor taxes to income and sales levies. In 1910 corporate income tax produced 3 percent of federal revenue, rising to 69 percent by 1920 and 40 percent more than any other tax in recent years. Customs dropped from 54 percent in 1910 to 6 percent in 1920 and 6 percent in 1939, while liquor and tobacco combined fell from 42 percent in 1910 to 21 percent in 1939. Payroll, gasoline, and liquor taxes, new by 1930, contributed 28 percent in 1939, with energy, telecom, sugar, oils, and corporate capital stock taxes among the strongest performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Tax Administrators
Synthetic rubber race heats up as production nears
A major rubber company announced perfection of synthetic rubber and others push similar plans. Firms claim several substitutes can enter U S production and one subsidiary of a large oil firm advances the buna process with a Louisiana plant planned. Cost of natural rubber is about 250 million dollars yearly for around 600000 tons, while synthetic varieties may run as low as 20 cents a pound.
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Germany
Louisiana
Sharecroppers Repaid Loans and Build Farm Livelihoods
One hundred families among the evicted near New Madrid Missouri in 1938 settled on 200 acre tracts using federal Farm Security loans. They have repaid 95 thousand dollars in loans and rent in two years and have an average of 377 dollars in cash for this year's crops. Only percent are behind in payments.
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New Madrid
Farm Security Administration
Heirloom Chair Causes Family Feud and a Shattered Ego
Ann Norton plans to keep the heirloom when her cousins argue over a $500 offer. Maud’s gathering ends with Will Owen crashing the Washington chair, revealing the heirloom’s fate. Ann leaves with her purse and a new chair, while the others receive costly replacements. Ann clings to pride and summons a quiet triumph.
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NN Norton
Maud Adams
Ann
Tracy
Nell Ogden
Julia
Maud
Carrie
Nell
Adams House
Will Owen
Washington
Owen
Song of the Angels and the Path to Real Peace
The article argues lasting peace comes from spiritual understanding rather than material force. It cites Genesis and John to claim humans are the image of God, and that peace arises when all minds turn to God Spirit. It notes Jesus birth as the source of the heavenly peace and urges living that peace in daily life.
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Bethlehem
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Eddy
First Church of Christ
Christian Science Monitor
Indian Railways Face Ticketless Travel Challenge
The article notes railways report about 2,500,000 people annually travel without valid tickets or with incorrect ones. It claims losses of about 1,250,000 rupees yearly from unpaid fares.
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Indian Railways
Tea Become Mainstream beverage in American life
Americans increasingly drink tea in more places and ways with about seven in ten now tea drinkers. The piece notes tea as a popular pick me up at college meals and among sports teams, highlighting a shift from earlier views and a long history of tea in the United States.
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United States
America
Washington
Rad
Solovox lets pianists back an orchestra at home
A new instrument, the solovox, attaches to the piano to produce orchestral voices such as violin saxophone flute and horn. The 36 key solo voice lets the pianist play melody while the left hand accompanies on piano. Invented by Laurens Hammond as a companion device for keyboards. In tests, dermatology researchers report strong rabbit reactions to urine samples from cancer patients, suggesting a potential early diagnostic method.
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Solovox
Laurens Hammond
Commodore
Albert Strickler
Skin and Cancer Hospital of
Philadelphia
Strickler
Long-Lived Tire Uses Rayon Filament To Extend Wear
William H. Bradshaw of DuPont announced an automobile tire lasting 80 000 miles in road tests, versus 3 000 miles for cotton ply tires. The rayon ply, a continuous filament, reduces fiber breaks and yields a 26 fold wear increase.
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William H. Bradshaw
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co
First Meat Cutting Apprenticeship Program Opens in California
The state department of industrial relations has started a meat cutting apprenticeship the first of its kind in the country with headquarters in San Diego. Youths are enrolled at the San Diego Vocational School and then work in local meat establishments. the program includes over 1,000 youths in related trades such as plumbing electrical carpentry brick-laying and sheet-metal work.
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State Department of Industrial Relations
San Diego
Calif
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Merrick & Ingalls
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