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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Everett B. Mattlin '49 and Arthur W. Purcell '50 registered a unanimous victory for the Debate Council last night in the Dunster Small Common Room, out-arguing the University of California debaters on the topic: "Resolved, That the United States should withdraw its support from the Chinese Nationalist Government...
...Wallacities, meeting 90-strong in the Winthrop Junior Common Room, termed the UMT issue a "Railing point" for Wallace forces. Daniel L. Marsh, president of B.U., is one of the sponsors of the Boston Committee, a two-month old group, which includes religious leaders and members of the Progressive Citizens of America...
...discovered that onion and garlic vapors heal wounds (TIME, March 13, 1944). They called the germ-killing substance a phytoncide (meaning: a killer derived from plants). Now Food Chemist Edward F. Kohman has found that the active chemical agent in onions is a thioaldehyde, a close relative of the common antiseptic, formaldehyde. Chemist Kohman put raw onions through an ordinary household meat grinder, distilled the onion vapors, put them through a series of chemical tests. In a recent issue of Science, he reported finding about 1/20 of a gram of thioaldehyde in a pound of raw onions...
...Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Twin City Pigeon Eliminating Co. of St. Paul wrote: "Our representative will be in Los Angeles for the purpose of contracting with building owners to eliminate and control common scrub pigeons. We would like to have you provide us with a list of the names and addresses of buildings affected by these birds...
Everett B. Mattlin '49 and Arthur W. Purcell '50 will argue for United States support of the Chinese Nationalist Government tonight at 8 o'clock in the Dunster Small Common Room when they entertain the University of California debaters...