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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...health, driving with him back & forth to the Governor's Charlotte farm (20 miles from Lansing), where Mr. Dickinson putters in his garden. Dr. Moyer also spends a good deal of time behind a newspaper in the gubernatorial office, occasionally offering his patient nuggets of statesman'y wisdom ("I have a few ideas about government, too"). For these services, he receives $3,000 a year from the State as a medical secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: Governor and God | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

Infected Maids. Three serious diseases-tuberculosis, syphilis and typhoid fever-are usually transmitted to children by their elders, said Dr. Fairfax Hall of New Rochelle, N. Y. He viewed with alarm the fact that 18,000 U. S. schoolteachers have tuberculosis, that no laws prevent them from spreading their infections in classrooms. Dr. Hall urged the Academy to plump for examinations of teachers, to educate parents to insist on health cards for domestics. In wealthy Westchester County, N. Y., where 25% of high-school children had a positive tuberculin reaction, an organized campaign of adult health examinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: For Young Folks | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...week with Princeton being slated to play Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in the only League game. Bix Six in League Player AB R H Ave. Polzer, Cor. 42 10 19 .452 Hill, P. 31 4 14 .452 Lupien, H. 37 9 16 .432 Bowen, Cor. 28 5 12 .429 Besse, Y. 27 2 11 .407 Trexler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leaders Inactive on E.I.L. Baseball Front; Cornell Secure in First Place | 6/7/1939 | See Source »

...bigger reason: in a good year, an average country doctor covering a wide territory may collect $5,000 in one-and two-dollar fees. But, said vigorous Dr. Lloyd C. Warren of Franklin, N. Y., 40% of this gross income must be spent for transportation and medical supplies. So the doctor's average net income is seldom more than $3,000. "Obstetrical cases," said Dr. Warren, "are about 50% loss. Automobile accidents . . . are about 100% charity . . . and the boys with venereal disease never come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Country Care | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...Flushing, N. Y., World's Fair bus horns, instead of raucous honks, dulcetly tootle a few bars of The Sidewalks of New York. Results: Instead of getting out of the way, pedestrians stop to listen; Copyright Owner Max Mayer decided to demand royalties for each performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Fall | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

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