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...ammunition was about gone, the food had run out. The wounded, crowded into the catacombs of The Rock, cried out for help that no one could give. Malaria had seized the garrison; gaunt cannoneers, flushed with fever, stood at their stations beside pieces that had to be served with telltale economy...
Died. John Hewitt Andrus, 62, one of 16 Spanish-American War soldiers who volunteered as "guinea pigs" in Dr. Walter Reed's fight against yellow fever; of heart disease; in Philadelphia. Warned that the experiment might kill him, he let himself be injected with blood from a yellow fever victim so that Reed could study the disease's course...
...fever has removed the social stigma from factory work: many women enlisting for industry are nurses, teachers, saleswomen, even Junior Leaguers, who would not have dreamed of factory work a year ago. White-collar girls in plant offices ask transfers to the shop, where life is "more exciting...
Working at more than their usual fever-heat, Columnists Drew Pearson and Robert Allen indignantly cited the cases of three Navy men who were heroes of War II, who had twelve to 16 years' active service, and who were "passed over" by Selection Boards in 1940 and 1941-were even demoted hundreds of numbers on the promotion list. The three...
...Spring fever was high in Federal Light & Traction Co.'s annual meeting, held last week on the 45th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. Sunlight tumbled through the windows. Eight spring-struck shareholders (of Federal's 1,900) lolled in their chairs, babbled of brook trout and pheasant. One shareholder stirred, asked President Clarence H. Nichols if there was anything interesting about the company. Droned Mr. Nichols: "No, it's the same old thing, we earn our charges and a little bit more...