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...like to use DDT but are afraid of being poisoned by it, the current Mosquito News (published by the American Mosquito Control Association) has a word of reassurance. According to Lieut. Commander William J. Perry and Lieut. Leonard J. Bodenlos of the Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, DDT is practically harmless to humans who get it on their skins or breathe it into their lungs...
...Great public interest has been aroused by the recent announcement of the "sandpaper treatment" for facial defects such as acne scars [TIME, March 13]. Although this technique would appear on the surface to be a harmless procedure, it is our opinion that the public should be warned against some very untoward effects which can result if this treatment is not done by the most highly qualified surgeons aware of the hazards...
...given testimony, Chief Magistrate Sir Lawrence Dunne remanded Fuchs to stand trial for treason at the Feb. 28 Old Bailey criminal sessions. The hearing at Bow Street had taken just two hours. The proceedings over, Fuchs walked out of the courtroom, back to his cell, looking like a harmless, nondescript scientist whom one might see in any laboratory. Despite his harmless look, despite repentance of a sort, Dr. Klaus Fuchs still bore Communism's indelible brand-NASH...
...cahoots with the Lone Ranger, came out with an "Atomic Energy Ring." Built in the shape of a torpedo, the ring was "guaranteed to contain genuine atoms," and, in a reassuring Note to Parents, it was further guaranteed that "the atomic energy contained in this ring is absolutely harmless...
...hrer. To blaze the way for another New Order, Zizendorf murders the unsuspecting Leevey and then beats to death harmless, helpless Herr Stintz, who had discovered the murder. As the census taker follows meekly along, as Madame Snow cheers enthusiastically and Jutta waits in bed, Zizendorf becomes Germany's new Fiihrer...