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High Proof. Yale's Physiologist Yandell Henderson has his own ideas about alcoholism. Because drunkards thrive on hard liquor, always drink it straight, Dr. Henderson wants to dilute their liquor for them. He proposed high federal taxes on high-proof whiskey,* low taxes on low-proof. He even advocated that watered-down, 60 proof liquor be legalized. "Consumers of spirits," said Dr. Henderson, would probably "support the experiment" by drinking such cheap liquor. Result: fewer drunkards. Such "as would be still produced would be addicted to 60 to 70 proof instead of 80 to 100 proof. And this would...
...France, Ph.D. of Rutgers, set himself to find out. His method was essentially simple. He got a great many soil samples, mixed them with various germ cultures. If there was any organism in the soil sample that found a germ to its liking, the organism would devour it, thrive in such numbers that the scientist could identify and culture the organism. When Pioneer Dubos told his latest results last week to the American College of Physicians in Cleveland, he got an ovation...
...honest-to-goodness theatre with a real curtain-would be a good investment. There have been offers of theatres made to the Corporation before; there will probably be offers again. When they are made, the Corporation would be well-advised to turn a favorable ear. The drama doesn't thrive on frustration...
...curly, cherubic Moylan Sisters, Peggy Joan, 5, and Marianne, 7, are radio veterans (two years) who chirrup in close, cricket harmony Sunday afternoons over NBC for Thrive, a dog food ("We feed our doggie Thrive, he's very much alive-o"). Last Sunday Peggy Joan and Marianne put their brown heads together and told the world just what they wanted from Santa...
...course will obviously run more smoothly next year, but the only way to get rid of all the red tape and arbitrary regulations which thrive at present, is to have the C. A. A. establish offices in their most important districts throughout the country, instead of trying to run the whole business from Washington. The University and the Aeronautics instructors will do justice to the course at Harvard only when they are freed from the shackles of a distant and inefficient organization...