23 Nov 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1947
Page
1
Prepare your vehicle for cold weather by inspecting and replacing aging fluid lines and hoses, thermostat, distributor and spark plug cables, carbon buildup, valve wear, piston rings, and ignition gaps. Ensure proper overflow levels, avoid top-overflow contact, and replace worn parts to improve starting, efficiency, and protection in freezing conditions.
Maj. Hans Hornbostel retired Army officer recounts his wife’s leprosy progress at Carville La and how public publicity reduced ignorance. He notes improved treatments and the hospital’s impact on patients dignity, citing a governor’s surprised patient outreach and renewed hope for normal life and humane care.
The Coris Carl and Gerry Cori, 51, renowned for collaborative work, won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine for isolating a sugar manufacturing enzyme. Married in 1920 after medical school in Prague, they became U.S. citizens in 1928 and head the biochemistry department at Washington University Medical School. They are modest faculty, read a lot, enjoy concerts, gardening, and a shared family life with their 11 year old son Carl Thomas. They vacation yearly, favoring mountain climbing in Colorado and Taos New Mexico. Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.
Compressed air replaces explosives to break coal at the New Kathleen mine near Duquoin Illinois. Producing 5 000 tons daily the mine claims unmatched safety devices and modern methods. A recent inspection followed a rock fall in one room with heavy rock dust coating roofs walls and floors.
The Egyptian government has spent over 200000 dollars on an initial Sinai reclamation plan to convert 5000 acres of desert into fertile farmland. Two dykes will store rainwater from the Valley of El Arish, with El Rawafa Dam already in operation and a second dyke under construction. An 12 mile road will connect the dams, marking the first phase of schemes to make Sinai agriculturally productive and house up to many Nile Valley residents. Agricultural experts cite inherited fertility and parallels with nearby desert regions in Palestine.
A famed soldier, Lt Gen Sir Frederick Browning, is named controller and treasurer for Princess Elizabeths household. He will oversee staff, sign checks, and manage finances and purchases for Elizabeth and Philip after their marriage. The King reportedly pressed Browning to take duties beyond his War Office experience.
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving amid questions about its origins and dates. The piece notes uncertainty about Plymouth's first observance, mentions gaps in 1622, and highlights Lincoln's role in fixing the day. It recalls 1623 Plymouth thanks, 1630 spread to Boston, and early proclamations beginning 1677 in Connecticut.
In Steubenville a group of 12 militant Protestant ministers pressed a crusade against vice and crime. Led by Rev. Robert K. Russell and Dr. Norman E. Nygaard, they sought police powers and up to 20 World War II veterans as a special force to break up dens with crowbars. They rallied citizens, petitioned Govs Lausche and Herbert, and pressed City Council for deputization.
Madrid reports a Franco government reorganization plan to create a defense ministry similar to the United States model. Lt Gen Jose Enrique Varela, high commissioner of Spanish Morocco, would gain captain-general status, making him Franco's likely second-man within the armed forces and a member of the Council of the Kingdom and the Regency Council under the Law of Succession.
Dr Irving Sherwood Wright and colleagues after visiting German and Austrian medical facilities describe Germany as a potential vacuum of ill health. They warn deteriorating medical schools and hospitals, politicized admissions, rising tuberculosis and typhoid, widespread venereal disease, and a large rise in infantile paralysis cases. American teams, aided by von Jungs, report polio cases from Berlin school patients.
Dr Vincent Jacobi a young dentist from Ferguson known as a fisherman netted a four and a half pound bass. When the line snapped he leaped into the lake and grabbed the fish before it escaped, proving his fearless fishing style with quick action.
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