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...that the experts still do not know how to stamp out jungle yellow fever, though they are learning more & more about it. It is the same disease that Gorgas fought: only the carrier mosquito is different. The only way to check it is by vaccination. Any farmer, woodcutter or orchid hunter going to town for a weekend with the virus in his blood may start an epidemic among people who have not been inoculated...
...products, and last year chalked up $1,297,000,000 in sales. Its wizardry in its Wilmington laboratories periodically conjures up entire new industries. Duco, the first quick-drying auto finish, revolutionized U.S. auto production. Cellophane changed the packaging habits of everybody from butchers, bakers and cigarette makers to orchid growers. Nylon changed the hosiery habits of U.S. women, is helping to revolutionize the textile industry. Fully 60% of Du Pont's sales come from products which were not known or were in only limited production a quarter-century ago; the raw materials it turns out are used...
...Patti was proving her drawing power in the nation's capital. When the master of ceremonies introduced her ("the singing rage, Miss Patti Page"), Washington's big Capitol Theater rocked with wolf cries, whistles and cheers. In the wings, pretty, 23-year-old Patti, radiant in an orchid-colored strapless gown, sidetracked her gum back in her jaw, took a deep breath, switched on a neon smile and glided onstage...
Weekend tickets include the lawn party, Saturday's dance, and a double orchid corsage flown from Hawaii. Because of state fire laws which apply to the Blockhouse, only 800 tickets will be sold...
...customs officers, eying the party, remarked that it was "just like an Easter parade." The men in General Wu's group all sported new Fifth Avenue suits. Miss Kung Pu-sheng, third in the delegation's rank, wore two orchids on her mouton coat. Miss Chou Yen, probably No. 8 in the group, rated only one orchid on the worn fur coat she had brought from Peking. Newsmen asked who gave them the flowers. The women answered: "Does it matter? Is it vital...