Word: yellow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. John Hewitt Andrus, 62, one of 16 Spanish-American War soldiers who volunteered as "guinea pigs" in Dr. Walter Reed's fight against yellow fever; of heart disease; in Philadelphia. Warned that the experiment might kill him, he let himself be injected with blood from a yellow fever victim so that Reed could study the disease's course...
...drive to conserve older cars and tires increased. San Francisco's Yellow Cab Co. ran big ads in the newspapers urging "that you do not use a Yellow cab." ODT warned that taxi cruising must stop. Franklin Roosevelt ordered all U.S. Government departments to reduce their use of automobiles "substantially...
There was something about your article "As England Feels" that will make me keep it until it turns yellow with age. It will make a good history lesson for history students a generation from...
...have two calico cats," a lady from Lincolnville Beach, Me., writes. "They are white, yellow, black, and blue (or gray) as you might say. I have been told that the male is very rare and valuable. Can you tell me if this...
...dozens of separate materials and purposes. On huge, bright pink Purp blanks, a manufacturer can list all his material needs for all purposes for the coming quarter, get priorities clearance on the whole smear at once. If his needs change during the quarter, he can fill out similar yellow blanks for "interim assistance." Small firms (gross business under $100,000 a year) can use a simplified form...