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Many doctors believe that the common cold is caused by a virus. Dr. Leon T. Atlas of the U.S. Public Health Service has been so sure of it that since 1947 he has been growing a sub-microscopic bug that seemed to be the guilty party. At Bethesda, Md. he nurtured his virus first in the noses of willing victims, then in hen's eggs. The strain, known as MRI, be came the world's No. 1 biological curiosity...
Seaman Williams had volunteered for submarine duty. In 1944 he made one patrol out of Oahu in the U.S.S. Sargo, then was beached as "temperamentally unqualified." Said he of sub duty: "I just couldn't learn the machinery...
...next morning. Peering out, passengers saw a frozen and desolate scene: a big black river wandering amid a lacework of sloughs, and empty leagues of snow and spruce. The planes landed on a sandbar, took off hurriedly after the muffled Argonauts had hauled their gear out into the sub-zero Arctic wind. More fares ($90 round trip, $50 one way for 165 miles) were waiting...
Coming in the midst of the forum series which the Council has been sponsoring for public relations purposes this year is a tea for all men interested in working on the committees and sub-committees which form the Council's executive system. The "get acquainted" affair will be at 4 p.m. today in Phillips Brooks House...
...Senate's inquiries into the activities of Washington five per centers probably will not be resumed this year, Senator Clyde Hoey (D-N.C.) said yesterday. Hoey, who heads the investigating sub-committee, said that only unexpected developments would reopen hearings this year...