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John West Thompson, the physiologist, graduated from Stanford a M.B.Ch.B. at the University of Edinburgh in 1935. At the same place he was a demonstrator in physiology for several years, and from 1929 to 1932 a lecturer in physiology at Swarthmore College. During 1935 he was assistant physician to the Royal Hospital and to the Jordanburn Nerve Hospital and Psychology Institute in Edinburgh. From 1936 on he worked as an assistant in the Fatigue Laboratory here...
...most tear-jerking farewells in its 250-year history was said last week in Edinburgh by the 4th & 7th Dragoon Guards (a regiment of cavalry combining the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons and the 7th Dragoon Guards or Princess Royal's). Henceforth, in order to keep up with the pace of modern war, members of the regiment will go forth to die or be maimed not on plunging chargers but in armored cars. In its last mounted parade before mechanization, the regiment heard Lieut. General Sir Charles Grant read a message of consolation from its honorary colonel, Major General Arthur...
After spending $250,000 drilling for oil in England, Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. recently opened a promising field at Dalkeith, ten miles from Edinburgh. Last week Anglo-American made its first shipment (2,000 gal.) from Dalkeith to its refinery at Purfleet on the Thames. It took the biggest "shot" ever exploded in the British Isles, over 500 lb. of gelatinous nitroglycerin, to bring in the new Scottish field. Result was the biggest yield of oil thus far struck in the British Isles; at 750 feet the yield of one well is a modest 10 bbl. a day. Usable...
Married. Louise Carnegie Miller, 18, granddaughter of the late Andrew Carnegie; to James Frederick Gordon Thomson, 41, Edinburgh lawyer; at Dornoch, Scotland. Two years ago Miss Miller and Mr. Thomson, who have been close friends since she was 3, tried to elope, were persuaded by Miss Miller's mother to wait until she was of legal...
...last week chose another Scot, Frederick Wolff Ogilvie, to succeed Scot Reith. Dark-horse candidate for the $37,500 job, Professor Ogilvie is a celebrated economist. The board wanted a thoroughgoing educator, and the new 45-year-old D. G. fills the bill perfectly. He taught at Oxford and Edinburgh before becoming president and vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast...