TexasFarmersIncome Rises in Early 1935
Texas farmers earned 101.538 million from products and AAA programs in the first four months of 1935, up nearly 2 percent from 1934. Iowa led with 160.96 million, followed by California and Illinois. Live stock revenues and federal payments rose, while crop totals lagged last year.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
California
Illinois
Bureau
United States
Fingerprints On Cloth Now Can Be Identified
New York police announce a chemical method to identify fingerprints on cloth inspired by the Lindbergh case. Dr E M Hudson aided the effort, showing prints can transfer through gloves and be developed on various textures, aiding criminal identification.
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New York
Police Department
E. M. Hudson
Hudson
Catholic Leader Condemns Modest Dress in Sermon
Boston Cardinal O'Connell denounces immodest dress and heavy cosmetics in a sermon to 600 Catholic converts. He says women entering the House of God painted like pagans should be sent away until they learn decency, calling global fashions signs of paganism.
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Boston
Mass
William Cardinal O’connell
Ebony groom recalls revelation after wedding
The groom explains to the minister that he first admired Dinah for her looks but learned she was doing steady washing for seven families, a detail that led him to surrender his doubts and marry.
Medical Talk Highlights Allergy Risks and New Gall Bladder Method
Physicians in the United States and Canada discuss allergy dangers for infants, including hay fever and hives, and note that tonsil removal may be unnecessary. They also describe a new electrical technique for gallbladder surgery by Dr. Max Thorek with 127 operations and no deaths.
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United States
Canada
George L. Waldicott
Detroit
Max Thorek
American Hospital
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Thorek
Coffee Lowers Toe Temperature Says Dr Bierman
Dr. William Bierman of New York reports coffee cools the big toes using thermocouple readings. He also notes hot water wine whisky and aspirin raise toe temperature by expanding blood vessels.
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William Bierman
New York
Cures Reported for Ulcers in Varicose Veins Using Electric Therapy
Doctors from Columbia University and Cornell medical centers describe a combined medicine and electricity approach. Nine long standing ulcers were cured using choline soaked wrapping and a metal electrode while a neck electrode completed the circuit. Arthritis pain relief accompanied the results. Infrared photography from the Witkin Foundation aided detection of congestive heart failure and hair presence under a vanished scalp.
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Irvin S. Wright
A. W. Duryea
Columbia University
Cornell Medical
Albert S. Hyman
Witkin Foundation
New York
New Anesthetic Cyclopropane Described by Dr. Wood
Dr. Paul M. Wood of New York describes cyclopropane as an anesthetic pleasant to inhale with no choking and no dreaming. He reports its use in 600 cases and states it can produce unconsciousness in 20 seconds to 3 minutes when properly administered.
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Paul M. Wood
New York
Wood
Scientists Demonstrate X ray Eye Shadow Trick
Dr A Howard Pirie of Montreal uses a spyglass like device to project X ray shadows of opaque objects onto a retina. In New Orleans Dr J T Stulb touts whole blood injections as a cure for infantile paralysis. Berl links hydrocarbons to cellulose from vegetation while Mosauer notes slow speeds for the red racer snake and a rattlesnake.
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A. Howard Pirie
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Dr. Pirie
New Orleans
J. T. Stulb
Charity Hospital
Dr. Stulb
Walter Mosauer
Copeia
Meaning of Govern as Leadership Amid Enemies
A man defines governance as sitting in a glass house smoking a cigar while a mob armed with sharp stones besieges it. He uses vivid imagery to express his view of leadership under pressure.
Foot Amputation by Frog Knife Shocks Kansas Town
In Columbus Kansas Taz Majors a man of uncertain age recounts how his friend Floyd Barnett used a frog knife to amputate his right foot without anesthesia or antiseptic. Majors watched the operation and said it caused little pain. County physician Dr. H H Brookhart ordered hospital care and later leg removal above the knee due to gangrene. Majors estimates his age at about 58.
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Columbus
Kansas
Taz Majors
Majors
Taz
City Hospital
Glena
Floyd Barnett
Floyd
H. H. Brookhart
Brookhart
Barnett
Nomination Sparks Whig Response to Tippecanoe Joke
In 1840 the Whigs nominate Gen William Henry Harrison as their candidate while Democrat Martin Van Buren seeks re election. A rival bar room quip about cider a pension and a log cabin becomes an unintended joke turning on Democrats as the Whigs seize the moment and respond.
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Martin van Buren
Henry Clay
William Henry Harrison
Clay
Tippecanoe
Baltimore
Black-Draught Promoted For Constipation Relief
An advertisement extols Thedford’s Black-Draught as a quick remedy for constipation and sluggishness. Mrs Ray Mullins of Late Arkansas praises its effectiveness for itself and her husband and mentions syrup form used for children.
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Ray Mullins
Ark
Thedford
Harrison and Van Buren in the Log Cabin Campaign
A political skirmish over William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren grows as the Whigs push the Tippecanoe slogan. Democrats accuse each other while a disparaging Democratic notice backfires, aiding Harrison's rise to the White House.
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General Harrison
Martin van Buren
White House
Mr. Clay
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Van
Harrison
Final Moment of a Man Executed for Dreiser Inspired Murder
The story follows Robert Edwards before his electric chair execution for killing his childhood sweetheart to hide a romance. He prays in the death chamber as a minister recites Psalm 23 and bids farewell to his father before the ioning moment.
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Robert Edwards
Theodore Dreiser
Edwards
Telegrapher who sent order silencing U S guns in war
Major George Beaumont 57 officer of the 401st Telegraph Battalion died in Los Angeles of a heart attack. He sent the cease firing order that ended American participation in World War I, which went over the wires on Nov 11 1918 stopping U S guns in France.
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Los Angeles
Calif
George Beaumont
401St
France
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