Word: color
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Army posts in Texas, Wyoming, Maryland, Illinois and New York, soldiers for the last year have worn a new, experimental uniform. Instead of the olive drab standard since War I, the color was a sporty slate blue. Instead of baggy breeches, rounded below the knees for leggings, trousers hung straight and trim. Tunics cut loosely at the shoulders made for more comfort and utility in the field...
...announced the results of the tests: the Army will have the new tailoring, trousers and all, but will stay in olive drab. "For all-weather, all-year-round wear," said Mr. Woodring, who wore khaki in the A. E. F., "and for all types of terrain, the olive drab color proved far superior to slate blue so far as camouflage was concerned...
...Adam and carries the show, backed by a large and lusty supporting cast. It is noteworthy that with such an ambitious script and hefty cast, the production clicks. There are a few rough edges and, while parts of the play itself are completely mystifying, the show has so much color and vitality, and, as a whole, meaning, that it seems well-worth a trip down to the Peabody Playhouse...
Death Eye. During operations, anesthetists watch closely the color of their patient's skin. If his normal rosy tinge changes to bluish, they quickly pump oxygen into his lungs. But it takes several minutes for the skin to show its telltale sign, and even the keenest observers cannot scent death by this crude method until a short time before the end. Last week Dr. Roy Donaldson McClure of Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital described a machine that notes the shadow of death long before death's hue is seen...
Blood deprived of oxygen darkens, gradually turns purple. Dr. McClure attaches a sensitive photoelectric cell to the ear, and the cell, literally seeing beneath the skin, records minute changes in blood-color long before the anesthetist notes approaching collapse. Thus vital stimulants can be given the moment the patient needs them...