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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1941

Page

3

Consciousness Secret Found By Enzyme Activity

U S scientists report consciousness arises from enzyme activity restoring itself after temporary disruption. Professors Johnson Brown Moreland show enzymes renew themselves in dying bacteria via luciferase light, using narcotics to extinguish and revive glow. Results suggest links between enzyme action, pressure, temperature, and bodily functions.

Howary Cuaneslee Dallas Angelcan Association For the Advancement of Science Frans H. Johnson Princeton University Dugald F Dugald F. 8. Brown and Douglas. A. Moreland New York University New York and Fringston

Fort Worth Officers Nab Two Convicts

Fort Worth police arrested two escapees from the Retdeve prison farm. Harry Huggins aged 34 and Cary Hudson aged 32 were captured at an Arlington Heights residence while the fugitives slept. The arrests were made Sunday night by Fort Worth patrol officers.

Fort Worth Dee Thve Retdeve Fort. Worth

New Enzymes from Newborn Mice Offer Tuberculosis Hope

New enzymes found in newborn mice show the potential to destroy tuberculosis germs in test tubes and in animals without harming body tissues. Yale researchers Bruio Gersll and Robert M. Thomas, funded by the National Tuberculosis Association, report enzymes kill germs in specimens from patients and may become a vaccine or preventive aid, but no definitive human proof exists yet.

G. B. Lab Scienre Kailor New York National Tuberculosis TL Guiriea Emerson Yale University School of Medicine Bruio Gersll Robert M. Thomas National Tuberculosis Ascotation Yale

Explosion in Mine Kills 8 at Peabody Mine No 47

A gas explosion at Peabody Coal Company Mine No 47 near Barco killed eight miners. Rescue squads worked 17 hours to recover the bodies, with seven found within 12 hours and Harold Holden not located until late that night. Victims identified by cap numbers. names include McCoy Cobb Orval Dougherty Willis Stranga Roy Donaldson Charles Pemberton Marion H Smith and Rob Fletcher.

Harrisburg Peabody Coat Companys Barco Star Mine Rhine Goa Harold Holden Indies Flatentine Company Holden McCoy Cobb Eldorado Orvald Dougherty Willan Stranga Roy Donaldson Harca Charles Pemberton Marion H. Pl Smith Gatata Ob Fletcher Thompsonville

Ten fatally hurt in Manila Break

Ten prisoners died in a failed jail break near Manila 18 miles from the capital. About 4000 inmates attempted to seize Bilibid prison as fire spread through the ward, with authorities blaming fifth column inmates for spreading pro Japanese reports. Philippine constabulary and soldiers helped restore control after the blaze.

Manila Math Wing Filsippine Constahciary Agsistanine ATTN

Nazis Claim Red Ship Sunk Amid Kerch Strait Action

German wartime communique reports damaging a Russian battleship and sinking one Soviet troopship in Kerch strait near Crimea. Bombing planes supposedly hit six other vessels while several smaller ships were damaged in the same engagement near Leningrad and the Black Sea area.

Berlin Pep Ommietay Api—Tha Estey High Command Leningrad Kerchstrait Kerch Strait Crimea

Sap Envoyos Taken To Resort City

Japanese diplomats seized in Washington and held under escort, taken to White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia for safety. The group includes the German minister to Central American republics and four other Nazi officials. They face exchange talks as Axis envoys receive similar treatment elsewhere. The incident follows prior Nazi activity linked to Central America and figures like Dr. Reinebeek.

Washington Der Japan Dirston Iithisabura United States Hot Springs Finnoval Feu Freaknen Thincaraly Wim Germany Mad Nauhein Otte Teeineweer Central American Bilis Island Central America Relnebeek Genetral America

Excitable Mechanics Best Fliers of the War

Boston December 25. Medical science finds that mechanical aptitude rather than formal schooling is the main qualification for a good airman. Rapid heart rate, sweating under excitement, and keen nervous tension indicate a stronger candidate. Officers recognize instinctive capability for pursuit or bomber roles, suggesting many capable flyers may come from noncollege backgrounds.

Howard Blakeslee Boston Cwite World Médical Sciéica America Babh Aero Medical Association Army Harvard Medical School

Heredity in Wheat Found

Dallas dispatch reports a University of Massachusetts scientist Luther Smith found heredity in wheat after irradiation. Seeds carried the trait for generations, challenging known heredity determiners. Also notes Stanford teacher Chilton Bush elected president of the American Association of School Journal Departments.

Dallas American Association In the Advancement of Science Chilton R. Bush Leland Stanford University Palo Alto Calif American Association of Schiols

Balloons Split in Antarctic Air Above Weather Observations

Weather notes from Amer military meteorology report a split of upper air balloons in Antarctica due to extreme cold and low oxygen. Observers at Westland and Borlny noted tremors and unusual seismogram readings linked to Gulf of Mexico activity and northern temperature strains.

Dallas Der Weathey American Association For the Advancement of Befence Antarctica Antarctic Tropics Arctic Arnold Court Vather Westland Seis-Tmological Observatory Borlny Tay College Alm Gulf of Mexico Araing Enki

Geologists Warn Peace Depends on Raw Materials Science

Geologist Prof Reginald A Daly told the Geologists Society that lasting postwar peace hinges on controlling raw materials like iron copper and potash. He urged scientists to aid industry, noting cooperation rather than brute force has sustained civilizations and warned borrowed military tech alone cannot secure victory. Pearl Harbor memory cited as contrast to wartime lessons.

America Reginald A. Daly Harvard Boly Eure Paure Daly Clara Breton Cordell Hall Mussolini Grenfell Pearl Hérhor

Japan admits three war vessels sunk in patrol off Britain Barneo

Hollywood dispatch reports a Fukyo radio admission by the Japanese navy conceding the loss of a minesweeper and two destroyers in operations off British Barneo. The broadcast was heard by the NBC.

Hollywood Fukyo Radio Navy Imperial Headquarters

Wet Feet Held Cause Of Jaundice

In Baltimore on December 29 the wet feet of soldiers were blamed for a form of jaundice. Dr A Packchanian of Galveston reported isolating the germ causing the illness, a spiral bacteria spread through skin and mucous membranes. Rats and dogs act as carriers from animals to humans. Soldiers exposed to prolonged wetness, especially in rat-infested work areas and mines, are most at risk. The disease presents fever, eye and skin issues, and yellowing.

Baltimore Dov Society of American Bacteriologists A. Packahanian Galveston University of Texas Packchanian Yale

Mexico Tightens Waterfront Guard

The director of Mexican customs orders all ports to strengthen vigilance at docks. Credentials will be required for everyone approaching the waterfront, including stevedores. Sailors and foreign suitors must carry documents to land or return to ships.

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Amino Acids Block Cancer Report At AAAS

A report to the American Association for the Advancement of Science describes amino acids and a hormone extract slowing cancer in early trials. Scientists Beard and Coffee point to faulty metabolism of nutrition as a cancer driver, with experiments in animals and 20 patients showing tumor response or remission in some cases.

Vallab Dec Association For the Advancement of Science Profas Bor Howard HH. Beard Louisiana State University Walter B. Coffee San Francisco Harriman, Research, Laboratories Beard Gottes Tallroad New Orleans Per Peent

Try This Old Home Cough Relief From Your Kitchen

An old fashioned home remedy claims to ease coughs from colds with no cooking. Mix a syrup with granulated sugar in water, add 2½ ounces Pinex in a pint bottle, fill with syrup to make a pint, producing about four pints of cough syrup. Pleasant tasting and said to loosen phlegm, soothe irritated membranes, and aid sleep. Money back if not pleased.

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