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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1947
Page
4
Dr. Aaron Wexler of Pittsburgh prepares a flask of liquid air at 500 degrees below zero. His goal is to uncover new facts about how metals behave in extreme cold and to advance super cold research.
UC scientists report that mites on wild birds including English sparrows carry the sleeping sickness virus. The mites bridge transmission between wild and domestic fowl and contagious disease, alongside previously found carriers like chicken mites and some mosquitoes.
A piranha, a small Amazon fish from Brazil, can quickly reduce a human to a skeleton. It has undershot jaws with double rows of sharp teeth and grows to about eight or nine inches in length.
Eggs at room temperature are less prone to cracking when cooked in hot water. A safer method is to place eggs in cold water and heat together to simmering temperature.
Commander Carl Schlack of the Naval Medical Research Institute reports the Navy found more cavities among Easterners than Southerners or Midwesterners, suggesting New England and Mid Atlantic men are better prospects for dentists.
London observers say Clement Attlee will resign for health reasons after the British American loan revision talks in Washington. Bevin is the likely next prime minister, Dalton would move to foreign secretary, and Cripps would become prime minister in his place.
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