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...chest. It was Dr. Richmond Goulden, ship's surgeon, who was modeling an oxygen mask for seasickness, invented by Dr. Walter Meredith Boothby of the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Boothby tried the new invention on four seasick passengers during the Lady Nelson's 30-day trip to British Guiana and back. It gave complete relief to three, partial relief to a fourth...
...striking indication that under the impact of civilization's horror at Nazi pogroms the mills of diplomacy had at last begun to grind a useful grist. Mr. Chamberlain also said that if new surveys are reassuring 10,000 square miles in British Guiana may be leased "on generous terms" to refugees. Said he: "His Majesty's Government hope that other countries...
...Salvation Army has recently repatriated over 200 men who have served out their time. About 93,000 convicts have been sent to French Guiana since the penal colony was established in 1852. Some commentators have pictured the colony as a happy, carefree settlement. The French Guiana climate is always humid, with the temperature ranging from 68 to 90 degrees, with frequent trade winds from both southeast and northeast. Undeniable fact, however, is the large number of deaths, which each year has generally equaled the number of importations, as well as the large number of men of broken health and spirits...
...open sore if not outright scandal that was long French Guiana made little impression on successive French governments until Léon Blum became Premier. Then the penal colony was described as a failure. The escaped convicts were said to reflect on Frenchmen everywhere. Explains the bill finally adopted: "Such a situation cannot be prolonged without doing injury to the prestige of France...
...Netherlands Government recently notified the U. S. Post Office Department that Dutch Guiana would hereafter be called only Surinam. Other changes: Dutch East Indies to Netherlands Indies, the Dutch West Indies to Curacao. The word "Dutch" has long been taboo in The Netherlands...