Mexican miracle root fuels hormone drugs market
A wild root from Chiapas, Cabeza de Negra, is harvested by peons in jungles near Vera Cruz and shipped to Mexico City to produce steroid hormones. The sapogenin from the root is chemically converted into hormones like prenolone testosterone progesterone and estrone, with the plant’s secretions already leveraged for public health uses and medical treatments.
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United Press
Paul F. Ellis
Mexico
United States
Ellis
Mexico City
Chiapas
Collecting Stations Lure Mexican Burro Caravans
In the south of Mexico a series of collecting stations draws peons and their foot laden burros along jungle trails. The remote sites serve as hub points for gathering yields and sustaining local labor routes.
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Mexico
Congress Turns In January Work Report
Washington report shows Congress met 12 days in the Senate and 15 in the House during January. Total session time about 86 hours with 876 pages in the congressional record and 524 pages in the record appendix. No public or private bill passed yet though 3038 were introduced. conference action not reached.
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Congress
Senate
House
Congressional Record
Free Book on Arthritis and Rheumatism Offered
Readers of this paper in Excelsior Springs Missouri can receive a free booklet titled Rheumatism that explains why medicines provide only temporary relief and how the Ball Clinic has helped thousands for over 31 years. No obligation. Write to The Ball Clinic Dept 1908 Excelsior Springs Missouri today.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Missouri
Adv
Congress Works Behind the Scenes in 82nd Session
The piece notes that while January sessions are brief, committees have reported 74 measures to the Senate and 23 to the House, highlighting the shift to diligent committee work over debate. It also mentions future vetoes by President Truman and defends congressmen as hard workers. A side item from Hong Kong reports a rubber-yielding grass claimed by Chinese Communists, alongside brief local tidbits about Grand Island leading in a football game and Scouts buying Braille material for a blind assistant scoutmaster.
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Congress
Congressional
Senate
House
82Nd
Fourth Infantry Division to Go to Europe Soon
Washington reports the Army plans to send the 4th Infantry Division to Germany to join Eisenhower's Atlantic Pact army. Air Force jet fighter bomber groups may follow, with a Senate hearing set to back the troop resolution.
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Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Europe
George C. Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
J. Lawton Collins
Russia
U. S. News & World Report
Collins
Eisenhower
Fort Benning
Harlan N. Hartness
United States
Columbia University
New York
Alfred M. Gruenther
Paris
Versailles
Childless Husbands Draft May Be Approved
The House Armed Services Committee showed readiness to approve drafting married men aged 19 to 25 with no children. President Truman may be asked to change the ruling so childless married men can be inducted. Draft boards have begun calling men who married after classification 1-A and those married since the start of the Korean War may also be drafted. The committee also weighs drafting 18-year-olds.
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House
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Defense Department
House Committee
Burnet R. Maybank
S. C
Michael V. DiSalle
Justice Department
White House
Harold D. Cooley
N. C
RFC
J. William Fulbright
D., Ark
Senate
1950 Ohio State Fair costs exceed receipts by 19563
State Agriculture Director H S Foust told State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson that the 1950 Ohio State Fair had receipts of 551 525 and expenditures of 568 589. The figures cover the fair alone and exclude income from the grounds and buildings for the rest of the year.
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Columbus O
H. S. Foust
Joseph T. Ferguson
Foust
Non-Driver Pays Parking Fines in Salt Lake City
A 78-year-old woman who does not drive paid more than 50 in fines in a Salt Lake City traffic court. The charges were all for parking tickets and the article notes she does not operate a vehicle.
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Salt Lake City
One Great Time for Sharing Lent Appeal Widely Promoted
Millions will see a poster used by sixteen major denominations and tens of thousands of local churches nationwide during Lent. The campaign promotes the One Great Time for Sharing annual appeal for world relief and refugees in connection with the Department of Church World Service, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A.
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World Relief and Refugees
Department of Church World Service
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S. A
Woman Accused Under City Law Cited as Guilty Until Proven Innocent
The article notes that under the city ordinance a person is presumed guilty until proven innocent. Tickets were accumulated by relatives and friends using a car registered in her name, raising questions about accountability and ownership.
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