Explanation of Diabetes Given by Physicians
Dr Stadie explained the true diabetes cause to the American College of Physicians. Liver fats break into acids forming ketone bodies, which in diabetics stay in the body and, with oxygen, become energy supplying one third to one half of daily needs. Ketones act as a reserve mechanism but lack normal regulation, contributing to coma risk. The second item notes purple dye’s rarity and royal symbolism from ancient shellfish.
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Howarrd W. Blakeslee
Boston
American College of Physicians
Stadie
After-War Sahara Railway Plans Reported By Haskin
Frederic J. Haskin describes a grand postwar project a trans Saharan railway from Oran to the Gulf of Guinea linking French Belgian and British African possessions. The plan aims to speed military displacement and stimulate trade by carrying European goods south and African resources north across a water scarce desert using diesel powered stations.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
Europe
Italy
Great Britain
Belgium
Sahara
Mediterranean
Gulf of Guinea
Africa
Equator
Oran
Algeria
Gao
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Cameroons
French Equatorial Africa
Belgian Congo
Uganda
Kenya
Tanganyika
Weight Control booklet offers practical tips no medicines needed
Overweight or underweight readers are invited to send ten cents postpaid to Information Bureau, The Winchester Evening Star, Washington D. C., for a revised booklet on weight control. It includes diet essentials, vitamins, calories, exercise, 100 calorie portions, menus, and weight tables for men and women.
Ark Built of Gopher Wood Pitch Within and Without
Genesis 6 14 records God telling Noah to make an ark of gopher wood with rooms inside and out pitch it with pitch. The Bible specifies material and waterproofing but not other construction details.
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God
Here and There In Training Camp Highlights
In Pield Texas a cadet nicknamed Stinky earned it by an in flight skunk incident. At Camp Shelby Delaware Ohio troops boast First Sergeant Dale Evans and son Dale Evans Jr with brother Jack Evans. Wilkes-Barre induction office seeks cooks but weighs 400 pounds, too large for service. Essie Asbury Carlisle Kentucky represents five generation of soldiers from WWI to the Revolution. Fort Benning map drill disrupted by a nurse’s quip about a general. Camp Blanding MPs recruit volunteers as six best dressed men lead a herd of cows to a firebreak.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Branies
Delaware
Ohio
166Th Infantry
Dale Evans
Dale Evans, Jr
Jack Evans
U S Determined To Aid Britain Winant Declares
London dispatch reports U S ambassador John G Winant told the American Chamber of Commerce that the United States will aid Britain by action to insure total victory over totalitarian aggression. He spoke of a bond with the free and unconquerable people of Britain that will endure after Nazi defeat.
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London
United States
John G. Winant
American Chamber of Commerce
Britain
Island
Mother Knows Her Daughter Only By Wee Footprints
In Los Angeles a 21 year old mother identifies her three month premature baby Marjorie Ann only by 1 to 1.5 inch footprints kept in an incubator. Doctors call the infant a miracle due to survival odds and the father B E C Litchfield works as an electrical worker.
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Los Angeles
Marjorie Litchfield
Marjorie Ann
Ford Rouge plant fully staffed after early strike closure
All departments at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant in Detroit were operating today for the first time since April 2 when a Lippe Automobile Workers strike shut the plant. Officials said normal production would not resume until month’s end.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Giant Rouge
Lippe Automobile Workers
C.1
Germans Report Ships Clogging Harbors of Greece
Berlin reports Eastern Greek harbors crowded with ships moving troops out of the country. Nazi reconnaissance planes determined the situation. Motorboats and small craft await spots at Piraeus and other ports as roads to ports fill with troops. German air activity disrupts British efforts.
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Berlin
DNE
Piraeus
Athens
Woman Adopts Baby After Streetfront Abandonment
Mrs. Anna Smith met a young mother who admired her six month old daughter. The mother asked her to babysit, then left. A Norfolk Virginia card later arrived directing that the baby be put on somebody's doorstep.
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Philadelphia
Anna Smith
Norfolk
Fear of Sugar Shortage Discounted by U S Agriculture
Washington reports the agriculture department will not raise production limits on sugar cane or beets. Despite trade fears of shortages due to shipping constraints, the department found large beet sugar reserves in the United States and cane sugar in Cuba and nearby areas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Cuba
United States
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Pacific
NYC Policewomen Armed With Revolvers
The New York City Policewomen on the force carry revolvers weighing sixteen ounces.
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New York City
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