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Good Health. Despite natural hardships, American troops in New Guinea are generally in good health. Scratches don't heal easily as they do in better climates, sometimes linger as little sores for weeks, then turn into ulcers. The Medical Corps thanks its stars for sulfanilamide powder...
...visitors of the cemetery today care to linger over the tombs or even the magnificent Gothic, Matthewesque chapel. The original chapel began to decompose shortly after it was built, being unfit to bear exposure to the air of this variable climate. But the cemetery corporation had no trouble in securing an exact copy. Fronting the chapel is one of the most noticeable features of the cemetery--the Sphinx. The sculptor succeeded admirably in getting rid of the disturbing mystery that distinguishes its Egyptian counterpart. There are no foreign elements, such as beauty, in this Sphinx. From his vantage point...
...contemplation of these impressive crypts has been known to cause many young couples to linger till dusk and later. This cemetery is a community institution which deserves commendation, for it renders far more than twenty-four hour service. With the coming of Spring the care-taker will place a sign on the gate each evening phrased in the words of the Dunster House committeeman, "the grass...
...House of Lords to let him sail in a 20-ft. trawler (offered by a 77-year-old friend) with a cargo of food for the Jersey islanders. He pleaded: "It is for the children, more especially, that we plead. . . . Those little ones must perish, or worse, they must linger out their miserable lives stunted in mind and body unless we help them. . . . The task of this pleading is almost too much for me-is almost beyond...
...Linger Awhile (Rex Stewart; Bluebird). Most clarified hot-of-the-month, with many good solos, including Colorado-Claro Stewart's strong trumpet...