Word: berthas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...BERTHA DRAIMER Toronto, Canada
Family Reunion. In Oneida, N.Y., Lewis Eaton was severely jolted when his parked car was hit in the rear by another driven by his daughter, Bertha, was jolted again when Bertha's car was hit by another driven by his son, Lewis...
Died. Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, 89, author (Petticoat Surgeon) and (until she retired last year) outstanding Chicago gynecologist and obstetrician; in Romeo, Mich. Born on a farm near Rochester, Mich., tiny (5 ft. 1 in.) Dr. Van Hoosen was still operating several days a week in her 80s, had gained fame by making the world's smallest appendix incisions-half an inch...
Sometime in October a girl begins to plan her term. She consults her faculty counselor, Bertha H. Funnell, Director of Non-Resident Term, and classmates. Funnell's office provides about a third of the students with jobs; the rest ferret for themselves...
Lineal Descendant. The A-cannon is not designed to replace divisional artillery, the 105-mm. and 155-mm. howitzers. It is what is known as "Army" artillery, a lineal descendant of such famous oldtime corps performers as Long Tom and Big Bertha, a type of heavy artillery brought to the front only for such special purposes as siege action or destruction of an enemy massed for a river crossing. Its use against lesser concentrations would be militarily ineffective as well as prohibitively expensive. At long range the big gun is four times as accurate as the average field piece...