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Florence Hayes, 20-year-old niece of Cardinal Hayes, took vows and became a member of the Sisters of St. Francis, situated at Mount St. Clare, New Hamburg, N. Y. Hereafter she will be known as Sister Michella Marie. The Cardinal assisted...
Three little Fleischmanns (Gardner, 10; Stephen, 8; Peter, 6), sons of Raoul H. Fleischmann, publisher of the New Yorker, sailed on the Paris in quarters much too large for them. One day later, Captain Otto Schwamberger, master of the Hamburg, sailed on his ship in quarters much too small for him. Reason: Mr. and Mrs. Fleischmann missed the Paris, watched three little Fleischmanns with governess, family trunks, sail without them. A feverish search for reservations on following boats was unavailing. Obligingly, Capt. Schwamberger gave up his suite to pursuing parents...
Brave men of the Hamburg Fire Department donned masks intended merely for protection against smoke and rolled the leaking phosgene tank into the nearby canal. Heroes, they were rushed to hospitals, given milk and other antidotes. The entire milk supply of Hamburg was commandeered for the hospitals. Some babies not gassed went hungry until more milk arrived...
Meanwhile Science sent huge trimotored Lufthansa planes roaring from Berlin to Hamburg laden with effective gas masks and phosgene fighting equipment. They were not too late to save many lives; but the Death toll stood already at 11, with over 200 patients in hospitals. In that black hour, at Hamburg, shuddering, hysterical thousands thought of THE NEXT...
...Berlin the German War Ministry would make absolutely no statement, and a few Paris journals clamored for a League of Nations investigation to determine whether Germany is making more phosgene for commercial purposes than is permitted by the Allies. At Hamburg no action was taken, last week, against Herr Stolzenberg, whom officials seemed to think had a proper title to his gas wherever he got it. It would have been, they said, perfectly legal for him to buy leftover Army phosgene. With apparent sincerity Big Gas Man Stolzenberg declared that he would cooperate with the experts in destroying or neutralizing...