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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1937
Page
9
Motorists are urged to pass the new overhead traffic signal at Gerrard and Braddock streets carefully. The device aims to reduce accidents at the intersection and curb speeding as drivers reach Valley Avenue, especially during school sessions.
John Harlow a Norfolk and Western night watchman was found guilty of unlawful assault on Earl Brubaker a Page Power Company employee in cir cit court and sentenced to 30 days in jail and a 350 fine. The stabbing occurred January 30 after an altercation over pouring soup into a pint of whiskey. The defense claimed self defense citing insulting remarks to Harlow’s daughters. Thirteen witnesses testified before the verdict after four and a half hours of deliberation.
Baltimore reports the death of Dr Randall Sollenberger a West Point graduate serving with Spanish government forces. He studied at Johns Hopkins and Scotland earned his medical degree and later joined a British medical unit before serving with the army staff as a medical officer in Spain.
Dr. Harold Bohrman of Johns Hopkins Hospital reports in JAMA that sulfanilamide or prontolin, already used against streptococci and meningitis, also combats the gas bacillus. In two cases it warded off amputations, addressing a wartime injury threat where half died.
The report describes a drug used in three serious gas gangrene cases. In each, after initial swelling and gas bacillus infection, doctors avoided further amputations. A young woman from an elevator accident and a young boy with fractures both improved after the drug, indicating potential treatment efficacy.
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