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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fifteen million men and women who work for a living get free medical examinations, free medical care for injuries and illness incurred in line of employment- all at the expense of their employers. The employers figure it saves them money in the long run. Last week, 1,500 doctors who look after those 15,000,000 met in Chicago for the annual convention of the American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons. They figured that the yearly cost to industry due to illness of workers...
...rith, the Jewish Labor Committee of David Dubinsky, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations repudiated the referendum. Rabbi Wise hoped to get 1,000,000 Jews to the polls. Last week the American Hebrew, pro-Adler journal, listing the organizations which have declared themselves on the question, found their membership totaled more than 1,000,000, about 9-to-1 against Rabbi Wise and his conception of "Jews in America...
...teetotalers. But the paddock was the last word-a sound proof, roofed amphitheatre where 3,500 spectators chattered between races without disturbing the horses. Hollywood idea men had originally planned to have a revolving paddock, but the plan was abandoned when someone reminded them that the horses might get dizzy...
...with an astonishing sub-par 69 while the leaders were cracking all around him; for a total of 284, six strokes better than second-place Dick Metz of Chicago; over the ribbon-fairwayed Cherry Hills course, one mile above sea level; at Denver. Champion Guldahl, who was glad to get an odd job as a carpenter two years ago, broke the all-time U. S. Open record with a score of 281 last year. Now, comfortably employed as pro at New Jersey's Braidburn Country Club, he is the first golfer since Bobby Jones to win the Open twice...
...become a qualified interpreter in Burmese, Hindustani, Swahili. His naval training prepared him specifically for Nessie, for during the War he devised and carried out all British harbor defense against hostile submarines. Last week his round, disappointed-looking face was brightening with hope, not for shareholders ("they may never get a return on their money"), but for the fair name of science: "It is time," said he, "that the scientific world was taking The Thing seriously, and I have made this move with that purpose in view...