Word: phoenixed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Army radio men jumped. Down from the sky near Phoenix, Ariz, came a shrill drizzle of unmistakably Oriental jabber. They flashed an alert to nearby airfields. Out rolled patrol and scout planes, to snort and roar on the line in a hurried warmup. Suddenly somebody remembered that Chinese flyers were training in the area (TIME, Nov. 17). That was it, all right. Two of them, having a plane-to-plane chat by radio, had found piloting and talking English too tough, had relapsed into their native Chinese...
Hydrosulphosol, an -SH (sulfydryl) solution,* reported Dr. Mellon in Industrial Medicine last fortnight, was tried on 150 burn cases, moderate and severe, by Drs. Archie Edward Cruthirds of Phoenix, Ariz, and Wilmot Frank Pierce of Los Angeles. The burns were caused by steam, hot metal, hot oil, lime, gasoline. Patients were sprayed with mixtures of Hydrosulphosol and water every 20 or 30 minutes until a tough "eschar," or "scab" was built up. The eschar is flexible, leaves room for motion, reduces scars to a minimum. Hydrosulphosol, said Dr. Mellon, not only relieves pain, but prevents infection, great hazard in burn...
...first time in World War II. Negro soldiers will have a division of their own. At Fort Huachuca, near Phoenix, Ariz., where 6,500 black troops of the 25th and 368th infantry regiments are stationed, plans are being made to accommodate an extra 11,300 soldiers. The new division, which will be six months in formation, will be set up along triangular lines, include three infantry regiments, quartermaster, medical and engineering battalions, artillery and service units. It will probably be staffed by white officers, as most Negro outfits are today. Since there is no Negro officer* with the major general...
American Airlines announced that Phoenix, Ariz, would hereafter be the night-time Western terminal for their transcontinental flights. Westbound passengers will be bedded overnight in Phoenix, flown on next morning to the Burbank, Calif, airport. Reason: radio beams may be shut off at any time, in a West Coast air alarm...
...Thunderbird Field, near Phoenix, Ariz., where U.S. student flyers are now stationed, arrived 50 Chinese, prospective airmen. Within the next few months they will be followed by several hundred others...