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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
6
A discussion on whether cold prevention or treatment works. Vaccination records from New York Edison Company show 60 percent of 1,000 employees report freedom from colds, with Curtiss Publishing also noting reduced incidence. Some advocate nasal spray vaccines as an alternative.
Dr Clendening states immunity is local to nasal cells and not body-wide. He cites many positive results from this treatment and describes methods to alkalinize the body during colds and influenza using grapefruit juice, orange juice, and sodium bicarbonate to speed recovery.
L. H. P. asks about skin diseases and how to prevent spread. Itch is caused by the scabies mite that burrows into tender skin and can spread at any stage. Sulphur ointment helps the itch, and heating books for an hour will kill mites on them.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced its modification plan to cut fixed interest charges and extend maturities is operative as of January 19. Daniel Willard stated the board declared the plan in effect and that 73.54 percent of affected securities had been brought under it.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Paris from Berlin landing at Le Bourget field and then traveling to Villacoublay airbase where he keeps his plane. He is wintering in Paris with his family after flying from Germany to retrieve the craft.
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