Texas professor wins Chandler chemistry medal in New York
Prof. Roger J. Williams of the University of Texas receives the Charles Frederick Chandler chemistry medal of Columbia University in New York for the discovery of panthothenic acid, the acid of life. His brother Dr. Robert Williams also earns recognition for vitamin research.
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Roger J. Williams
Univ. of Texas
Charles Frederick Chandler
Columbia University
New York
Robert Williams
Kiwanis selects E. Peterson as executive secretary
The Kiwanis International Board names E Peterson 42 of Crown Point Indiana as executive secretary elect to take office in January. He has served as convention manager since 1936 and studied at Hamline University St Paul Minnesota.
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Kiwanis International
Ee Beest
E. Peterson
Crown Point
Ind
Hamline University
St. Paul
Minn
Shapley Receives Pius XI Prize At Vatican Inauguration
At the Vatican inauguration in Rome the Pope announced that Professor Harlow Shapley of Harvard Observatory Cambridge Mass has been awarded the Pius XI Prize for Astronomy. Shapley has led Harvard University Observatory since 1921.
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Pontifical Academy of Science
Vatican Gardens
Rome
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Shapley
Harvard University Observatory
Lobbyists Testify on Defense Orders in House Hearing
Lieut. Rex J. Howard of the Army Ordnance Department testified as the committee investigated defense order lobbying. The hearing revealed lobbyists earned large commissions by promising substantial defense contracts for several manufacturers.
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House Military Affairs Committee
Rex J. Howard
Army Ordnance Department
Mischa Webster Publishes Broadway Triumph Recovery
Mischa Webster, acclaimed for staging Shakespeare on Broadway, had her appendix removed after the Hamlet opening featuring Judith Anderson and Maurice Evans. She expects discharge soon and plans to see her best work a month after the debut.
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Margaret Webster
Hamlet
Judith Anderson
Maurice Evans
Miss Webster
Man claims to never sleep marks 90th birthday in Trenton
Albert Edelmare Herpin celebrates his ninetieth birthday at his Trenton New Jersey home near the railroad. He says he never sleeps and rests by sitting in a chair reading while neighbors back the claim and doctors have yet to explain the odd condition.
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Albert Edelmare Herpin
Trenton
N. J
Amnesia Victim Williams among first U S troops in Dutch Guiana action
Capt Roger H Williams of Natick Mass among early U S Army troops to secure Bauxite mine areas in Dutch Guiana. Matilda LeBoyer age 18, scarred on neck, leaves White Plains court where Isaac Brown 41 is tried for attempted murder after alleged failed abortion scheme connected to a real estate broker.
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Matilda LeBoyer
Kite Plains
N. Y
Isaac Brown
Mount Vernon
Roger H. Williams
Natick
Mass
White Plains
Six year old Twinkle Watts shines in bowling world
At Forest Hills New York six year old Twinkle Watts of Santa Monica California becomes the youngest entrant in the women s international bowling congress. She averages over 150 with a 200 plus high roll and bowls a 10 5 pound ball. Maj Gen Morshead visits Cairo after Tobruk relief and is awarded the Order of Virturi Militare by Gen Sikorski.
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Caroline Vett
Clintondale
Adrianne
Jimmy
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Twinkle” Watts
Forest Hills
N. Y
Santa Monica
Cal
Kegle
Rolle
Morshead
Tobruk
Egypt
Cairo
Sikorski
Polish Free Forces
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Harvard Grid
George Bulger Lowe Memorial
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Rep
Howard Smith
House of Representatives
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Carl Vinson
Sam Hobbs
Ala
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Mischa
OPM
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Collar
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New York Institute For the Education of the Blind
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of Industry
Waldorf Astoria
Albert E. Herpin
Brest
Gatiana
Twinkle
Augustus Post
Herman Juster
Jabotinsky Aviation School
Rockaway, N. Y
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Godfrey Anderson
Libya
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U. S
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W. Sterling Cole
Melvin J. Maas
Minnesota
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Colorado
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Henry Munson
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Currier Lumber Co
Detroit
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