Hoover proposes world armament cuts and peace plan
President Hoover outlines a program to reduce world armed forces by one third over ten years, including abolition of tanks and bombing planes, and limits on battleships and subs. The proposal garners mixed reactions at Geneva with Britain cautious and France hostile.
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Oxygen discovery recalled by Pennsylvania doctor in Baltimore
Dr. G. E. Holtzapple of York recounts the 1885 bedside experiment that yielded oxygen’s life saving effect on pneumonia after a dying patient cried for breath. He describes using a test tube flame manganese and potash to generate oxygen on a Loganville bedroom floor, turning the patient’s face from blue to pink and sparking a medical breakthrough.
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