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...Breast Cancer, which first shows up as tiny lumps in the breast, and can also be cured if removed early. (The percentage of breast-cancer victims who reach a surgeon in time for operation has risen from 23% in 1920 to 61% in 1935, because more women are on the lookout for suspicious nodes.) This type of cancer is apparently caused by abnormal activity of female sex hormones, acting in balance with the pituitary and adrenal glands. Breast cancer definitely runs in families...
...Clean Breast. In The Bronx, an orphanage head heard that his bookkeeper had been drinking, asked him abruptly: "How long has this been going on?" Said the man: "Six months." Asked the employer: "How much?" Answer: "About $1,500." It turned out that the book keeper had been embezzling...
Mouthing an unlit cigar, Lewis swung his arms in a swimmer's breast stroke, swatting Jap ships down. He would sweep on southward, he had told the open-mouthed diners, until all Japan's conquests had been retaken and the Japs' power utterly destroyed. Then he would attend to Germany. "Then would come the vengeance," Lewis thundered...
...promise was made good. As the German scouting force put out into the Skagerrak, leading the High Seas Fleet, heading into the greatest battle in modern naval history, Jutland, Vice Admiral Hipper paced the bridge of the scouting force flagship Lützow, with his binoculars dangling on the breast of his blue greatcoat. In the chart room near by stood Franz Hipper's chief of staff: Erich Raeder, brave in the four stripes of a captain...
...week in the Harvard pool. The Elis capsized in their wake 28 other colleges, scoring 71 points to their closest competitor's (Michigan) 39. Yale's swimming stars this season are Captain Howie Johnson, 100-and 220-yard free style; René Chouteau, middle distances; John Meyer, breast stroke; Louis Dannenbaum, backstroke; Jim Cook, diving; and Dick Kelly, sprints. Chouteau was high scorer of the meet with 15 points: first in the 440-yard and the 1,500-meter, and third...