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Birthday? John Davison Rockefeller...
...record of Senator Simeon Davison Fess of Ohio is as follows: Born: On a farm in Allen County, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1861. Start-in-life: Country school teacher. Career: Son of impoverished log cabin dwellers, he was four when his father died. At twelve he was sent to live with an elder sister, did farm work summers, got a little schooling winters. Aged 19, he passed an examination, received a license to teach. With his earnings he sent himself to Ohio Northern University at Ada. On the day in 1889 that Ohio Northern graduated him, aged 27, that Methodist stronghold...
...appointment does demonstrate the new cohesion between the Navy's air force and its sea fleet. During the Hoover Administration naval aviation was constantly being thrust forward as a unique fighting arm by ambitious, energetic David Sinton Ingalls, just as military aviation was being spotlighted by F. Trubee Davison. President Roosevelt abolished these young zealots' jobs as assistant secretaries for air in the two departments. Today a Navy airman is first of all a sailor, though the Army flyer still thinks of himself as a different breed from other soldiers. But naval aviators did not disguise their delight...
...rays for long periods, the hospital stopped using last year for lack of money. In 1902 Memorial Hospital acquired the first cancer research fund in the U. S. -$100,000 from Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, relict of Southern Pacific R. R.'s president. Since 1927 John Davison Rockefeller Jr. has been giving the hospital $60,000 a year. But all hospitals need money. Memorial has handled 60,000 patients during its 50 years, of whom 20,000 have been unable to pay for service. But the hospital never turns away a cancer case. That situation and the constant stimulus...
...short time spent in the realms of Orpheus prior to entering the examination room is an effective antidote for mental flurries and uneasiness. We heartily recommend Dr. Davison's recitals to all undergraduates...