New Theory on How Infantile Paralysis Reaches Nerves
Dr. Harold K. Faber of Stanford presented at a Medical Meeting that inhaled dust containing the virus might carry infantile paralysis through bronchial nerves to the lungs. Monkey experiments showed possible inhalation routes, suggesting a summer and fall dust link while noting these findings are preliminary and not conclusive.
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New York
Harold K. Faber
Stanford University
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Faber
State Highway Men Ready For Snow
Virginia has 2700 snow removal units ready including 2016 trucks with plows 158 tractors 500 road graders 8 power shovels and 3 rotary plows. Patrolmen carry snow removers and equipment is staged at district and resident engineer centers for rapid transfer to critical areas.
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Richmond
Virginia
Highway Department
Forrer
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
A mixed set of crossword clues lists across and down entries. Readings include mine entrance early nation of England extremely smell trainer of animals Egyptian dancing girls metal send forth quotes and many more alongside down clues such as cupidity reduce to a lower grass goddess of peace Norse god blue grass one idle begin and ones treason court terms and other puzzle hints.
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England
Goddess of Peace
Formerca of Siam
iFr
Gainesboro Students Tour Winchester Industries and Star Plant
Gainesboro F F A chapter members toured Winchester Industries the National Fruit Co and the Star office plant to study labor saving machinery waste handling egg and milk grading and the behind the scenes function of a newspaper The visit highlighted teletype and linotype operations and sparked plans for future trips Defense class at Gainesboro High School opens with welding and metalwork instruction led by Bob Bowers with six students currently enrolled during after school sessions.
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Gainesboroo
Winchester Star
All Boys
H. G. Ramsey
National Defense
Gainesboro High School
Bob Bowers
National Fruit Company
Gainesboro
Explosion kills feature writer in New York apartment
Vesta Kelling a 37 year old feature writer for Wide World an Associated Press news service was killed in an accidental gas explosion in her east side apartment Fire Marshal Thomas P Brophy said the blast occurred when a pot boiled over extinguishing the gas flame and a second flame ignited the gas as she returned to the kitchen Miss Kelling had joined Wide World last year after working for the Washington Evening Star and had covered many important stories
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New York
Vesta Kelling
Wide World
Associated Press
East Side
Miss Kelling
Washington Evening Y
Thomas P. Brophy
Brophy
Direct Hit Sinks Cruiser in Pacific Engagement
German raider Steiermark scored a direct hit on Australian cruiser Sydney on November 19 and was then ablaze after the Sydney’s broadside. German survivors say 320 aboard Steiermark were captured, while Sydney is reported missing with no survivors.
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Melbourne
Australia
Steiermark
Sydney
Carnarvon
West Australia
X Rays Show Promise For High Blood Pressure Says Doctor
Dr. James H. Hutton reported 212 of 305 patients with endocrine disorders improved after X-ray therapy to pituitary and adrenal glands. He noted the question of life extension remains open but patients are able to work longer and feel more comfortable.
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San Francisco
James H. Hutton
Chicago
Radiological Society of North America
Hutton
John M. Kenney
Memorial Hospital
New York
Radiological Society
H. S. Shoulders
Nashville
Tenn
Shoulders
Soldier Stabbing Fatal at Camp Lee Shocks Army Community
Petersburg reports Private Charles Ramson 28 of Philadelphia was stabbed to death while trying to mediate a fight at Camp Lee. Private Peter D. Harley 1326th service unit is held on suspicion after an investigation by city and camp authorities. Sergeant Baward E. Brown 9th Quartermaster Regiment witnessed the incident and says Harley attacked with a knife.
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Petersburg
Charles Ramson
Ninth Quartermaster Regiment
Camp Lee
South Ave
Peter D. Harley
1326Th
Ramson
James E. Edmonds
Charles T. Ramson
Wallace Street
Philadelphia
Baward E. Brown
9Th Quartermaster Regiment
Harley
Brown
Jail campaigner Bossy Gillis defeated in Newburyport mayor race
Newburyport Massachusetts on December 3 194? Bossy Gillis imprisoned at Middleton jail camp campaigned from jail for mayor but lost to John M. Kelleher a 47 year old dance hall proprietor. Kelleher won with a 977 vote plurality Gillis 2882 to 3859 unofficial. Gillis serving nine months for criminal libel has five months left and declined further comment.
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Newburyport
Mass
Gillis
John M. Kelleher
Seaport
Kelleher
Middleton
Hitler Paper Calls Roosevelt France Digger and Culprit
In Berlin a Reuters report notes Volkischer Beobacher deems President Roosevelt the grave digger for France and the principal culprit behind France's collapse. The article also cites Goering and Petain discussing Europe’s fate including the Bolshevik threat the British blockade and American intervention.
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Berlin
Europe
Bolshevist
Reichs Marshaal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Marshal Petain
France
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobacher
President Roosevelt
Favors Defense Bonds For Gifts At Christmas
Richmond December 3. Hugh Leach president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond urges payroll allotment plans for employees to buy defense savings bonds. He says firms should convert Christmas bonuses into Defense Savings Bonds to aid postwar recovery and curb inflation. Payne notes many banks and credit unions in the Fifth District handle defense savings stamps and bonds.
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Richmond
Hugh Leach
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Defense Savings
Leach
John H. Payne
Defense Savings Staff
Virginia Bankers Association
Baltimore
Charlotte
Yale
Reserve Bank
Defense
Payne
Tion
Loan and Savings
False Teeth Save Hemingways From a .22 Caliber Threat
In Missoula Montana two lovers of Ray Hemingway reportedly saved him by deflecting a bullet from a .22 calibre pistol. Hemingway escaped injury as the shot was intercepted by the teeth.
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Missoula
Mont
Hemingway
Moving pictures aid training for salesgirls and labor
Films are used to speed up training by showing how to make a purchase in a sack and how not to. The technique aims to improve shop floor efficiency and sales skills.
Taxicab Robbery in Anderson Ends with Lunch Money
In Anderson a passenger robbed taxicab driver Marshal Rogers of 10 dollars then returned a dollar claiming it was lunch money. The incident centers on the credit of the driver and the suspect who fled after the theft.
Salt Lake City Officials Topped by Reform Proposals
County commissioners paid a firm 2500 dollars to study city government and propose improvements. The experts urged abolishing the commissioners’ jobs in favor of a new administration structure.
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Salt Lake City
Sailor Donates Icelandic Glacial Boulders to UK Geology Museum
An American sailor donated two glacial boulders from Iceland and a piece of Icelandic sandstone from a Viking church ruin to the University of Kentucky Museum of Geology. The set highlights Icelandic geological history and Norse architectural remnants.
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University of Kentucky
Mutuseum of Geology
Iceland
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