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Died. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, 74, Governor of Bombay (1913-19), Governor of Madras (1919-24), Governor General of Canada (1926-31), Viceroy and Governor General of India (1931-36); of pneumonia; in London...
Sulfathiazole is "the most important sulfonamide drug in use at present." It is a powerful weapon against pneumonia, staphylococcic infections and a great range of streptococcic infections. Resultant anemia and cyanosis are "less marked" than with the use of sulfanilamide. But sulfathiazole has other drawbacks: 1) it causes fever, skin rash, inflammation of the eyes more severely than other sulfa drugs; 2) it must be used for a relatively longer period of time, thus increasing danger of complications...
...were woven. The new suits are lighter and cheaper than the sheepskin garments now used, and they leave a flier nimbler at his controls and guns. Heat can be adjusted for outside temperatures from 70° to -60°, can be increased to protect injured fliers from shock and pneumonia. General Electric analyzed the electrically heated uniform of a German flier shot down over England, found it so inefficient as to be nigh worthless...
Last week a prominent U.S. citizen died, at the age of 69, from pneumonia following an appendectomy. The press noted, and truthfully, that his personality had been distinguished by its calmness, lack of ostentation, generosity and scrupulous honesty. It was a unique character to give a man who for 40 years had been one of the biggest men on Broadway. Sam Henry Harris had staged his last production...
...November, he arrived in the U.S. from his villa in Switzerland. Since then, Paderewski spent himself making public appeals for money for starving Poles. Last week, ill of a cold, against his doctor's orders he made one more appearance in New Jersey. As a result he contracted pneumonia and two days later, in his Manhattan hotel, he died. At the suggestion of President Roosevelt, he will be honored by burial in Arlington National Cemetery until his remains can be transferred to a peaceful Poland...