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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1929
Page
6
Columbus girl May Stevens 19, a parachute jumper since 1925 with 40 jumps, recalls quitting show life for aviation then piloting and solo flights. A Lorain jump last September tangled in high tension lines, nearly costing her life as her parachute deflated and she plunged about 100 feet.
Miss Stevens describes a jump where the parachute failed to open and she prepared to reach back for the reserve. She reports three broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and an injured ankle from the incident, yet she remained confident in improvising the reserve if needed.
Atlantic City May 31 Twenty five years after its inception the National Tuberculosis Association met to review progress and outline plans for further victories Two advances promise wide effects on diagnosis and treatment Tuberculin purity reaches crystalline purity improving accuracy and a new testing mechanism may detect infection within three to four days instead of months Researchers from University of Chicago and Rockefeller Institute reported these developments with support from the National Tuberculosis Association Medical Research Committee led by Dr William Charles White Continued work will explore avian and bovine forms and their relation to human disease with broader diagnostic implications for other bacterial illnesses
Rockefeller Institute researchers develop an early diagnostic test for tuberculosis using a patient blood serum. Red cells are removed, serum diluted, and exposed to a phosphatide fraction from the tuberculosis germ to reveal a precipitate if TB is present. The method may also distinguish meningitis caused by TB from non TB meningitis.
Miss Grace Prosser daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Prosser will wed Jacob Kesser of Toledo at Sandusky tomorrow morning. After a short honeymoon they will reside in Toledo Ohio. She is a Wellington High School graduate who later worked for Dr R W Falls. Her friends extend best wishes.
In Cleveland Ohio on May 31 law raiders led by Capt William McMasters traced a 100 gallon still after fumes from a chimney attracted attention. They smashed the still inside seized 35 gallons of liquor and dumped 31 barrels of mash. William Ceraso was arrested and charged with moonshining.
Senate resumes discussion on the Borah bill to license dealers in perishable farm commodities. House contemplates minor appropriation measures. A whimsical note from Boston about beans contrasts with a Paris suicide and an old Kentucky relic factory uncovering age old artifacts.
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