Vienna Remains MedCa Haven for All Nations
Vienna maintains its status as a premier medical center postwar. The city hosts nearly a thousand American doctors yearly and many foreign physicians. About 45 nationalities study at Vienna University with affiliations to the City Hospital and Allgemeine Krankenhaus. Renowned pioneers such as Mayr Goelis Zeller von Zellenberg Frank and Semmelweis shaped its legacy. Vienna leads in rejuvenation research through Steinach, attracting global medical attention and extensive clinical teaching.
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Vienna
Kiss
United States
Vienna Medical University
City
Allgemeine Krank‘enhais
Josef “T
Austria
Franz Mayr
M.D. Goelis
Zeller von Zellenberg
Johann Peter Frank
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ignatz
Philip Semmelweis
Billroth
Albert
Europe
Lesselsberg
Hochenegg
Chwostek
Finger
Wagner-Jauregg
Adolf Lorentz
Hajek
Pirquet
Wencikelbach
Eugene Steinach
Steinach
German Leaders See U S as Friendly Nation
Berlin reports Germany’s foreign minister Stresemann praising U S appreciation for passive reconstruction and conciliatory cooperation. He notes America will play a significant role in Germany's near term political future and sees rapprochement as a positive result of policy despite reverses.
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Berlin
Germany
Dr. Stresemann
United States
Stresemann
America
Greece launches $50 million land reclamation project
Greece has closed a 50 million dollar contract with a British firm to reclaim land in Thessaly Epirus and other regions to house refugees. A two year preliminary survey will address flood prone watercourses and silt buildup. The plan includes water storage irrigation and aims to boost grain exports with crops including wheat tobacco and possibly cotton.
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Athens
Greece
Thessaly
Epirus
Egypt
Sudan
Soviet Spends Vast Sums for Irrigation
Moscow reports over five years the Soviet government spent more than 45 million dollars on irrigation development in central Asia. Total irrigated area in Soviet Russia exceeds 6 million acres with cotton cultivation rising to about 1.6 million acres, surpassing prewar levels.
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Moscow
Central Asia
Soviet
Russia
Mrs Hoover's Kansas Home Link Revealed in Clearwater
Clearwater Kansas December 15 Mrs Lela C White learning that news begins at home traces Lou Henry Hoover future first lady to the old Henry dwelling in Clearwater The Henry family moved to Kansas in 1888 from Waterloo Iowa Lou Henry later married Herbert Hoover and became first lady The house elm tree and memories of a kinder girlhood are prized by local pioneers who recall her painting flowers and kindness while visiting years ago
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Clearwater
Kan
Lela C. White
Lou Henry
Herbert Hoover
Henry
Cal
White
Prairies
Ninnescah
Henrys
Carbon Paper Aids Ultraviolet Focus Test
In Bell Telephone laboratories a simple carbon paper technique created a measurable ultra-violet focus line. Francis F. Lucas led a method using a carbon sheet laid face-down on the specimen and drawing a pencil line on the back to produce the contrast needed for precise focusing.
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New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Francis F. Lucas
Thoxine advertised as instant sore throat relief
An old ad claims Thoxine provides almost instant relief for sore throat and internal cause, with no chloroform or iron. It also treats coughs and offers money back. Priced 35c 60c and $1.00. Roberts Drug Co Do Miller and other stores carry it.
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Roberts Drug Co
Do. J. Miller
Akron to House World's Largest Dirigible Hangar
Goodyear Zeppelin plans call for two Navy dirigibles 785 feet long. The hangar at Akron must be 1,200 by 360 by 200 feet, pillar free. Akron site may center lighter than air development with an $8 million contract and 600 plus workers. The ships will carry airplanes and feature an in hull airplane hangar for in flight handling.
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Akron
Goodyear-Zeppelin’ Corporation
Navy
oe _ Goodyear
National Center
Akron Rubber Organization
P. W. Litchfield
Zeppelin Company
North America
Goodyear-Zeppelin Company
Art From Imperial Palaces Now On Sale in Mukden
Mukden reports a boom in antique sales with items from the Forbidden City in Pekin offered openly. Old paintings, jade, bronze and porcelain flood new shops in the Chinese quarter, attracting connoisseurs while owners avoid questions on provenance.
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Mukden
Pek
Forbidden City
Peking
Forecasting highway traffic trends for two decades
The United States Bureau of Public Roads studies state traffic growth to plan road needs. It has partnered with six states Connecticut Maine New Hampshire Vermont Pennsylvania and Ohio. A mathematical forecast system projects traffic a decade or two ahead using growth in motor vehicle registrations relative to population.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Population Demand Alters Road Forecasts
Forecasters note a rising trend in early growth for population growth while vehicle counts dip briefly. The pattern shows rapid initial increases followed by a gradual slowdown in growth rate as the period progresses.
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Road Bureau
Workers Lose Right to Discharge Bonus
Bart, Dec. 18. A civil court decision overruns worker rights to severance pay upon discharge without cause. The ruling says there is no legal basis for the traditional belief that an employee earns a week or month’s pay per year of service, depending on wage method.
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Bart
China to abolish old customs and taboos
Shanghai December 15. Nationalist authorities in Nanking announce sharp revision of filial piety rites and customs once extolled for generations. Practices considered superstitious or foolish are to be abolished under new policy.
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Shanghai
China
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