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...TIME [July 7]: "Says the latest Journal of Aviation Medicine: People who get airsick may be able to avoid it by taking in advance a small dose of the drug hyoscine, also known as scopolamine, the so-called 'truth' drug often used as a sedative. In a Navy test of cadets so dosed, only ½ of 1% got sick even in bumpy air (normal...
...Court circles were stiffly unastonished, implying that they had known for weeks of King George VI 's approval of his brother's return. The homecoming was un officially scheduled for August, when the royal family will be rusticating in Scotland's Balmoral Castle. This arrangement will avoid any embarrassing meetings between the Duchess of Windsor and Queens Mary and Elizabeth, who do not approve of their daughter-in-law and sister...
...generalize about returning veterans-and don't think of them as a "problem." This advice to U.S. civilians comes from an old (27 years' service) Army man: Brigadier General Luther D. Miller, new chief of chaplains. Last week Chaplain Miller told the Religious News Service how to avoid "a bad beginning" with the boy who comes home...
...Peace of Paris - a peace Wilkes likened to the Peace of God, "because it passeth all understanding." For this attack the Government had Wilkes arrested and his house rifled on a general warrant, which violated his civil rights. Then Wilkes, against all parliamentary precedent, was not allowed to avoid prosecution by pleading parliamentary privilege. Bolting to France, he was declared an outlaw by the Government, but acclaimed a hero by the mob. "Wilkes and Liberty" became a national outcry...
Busy. In Joliet, 111., Beekeeper Helge Johnson was ordered by the city to round up every one of his little charges or risk being fined $10 for each stray. With three days to avoid a possible $4,000,000 fine, Beekeeper Johnson got busier than any of his 400,000 bees...