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June 17, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

APRIL-20

READY TO FIGHT-President Roosevelt dedicating Woodrow Wilson's birthplace at Staunton, Vai, as shrine. Seated at loft are Cordell Hull, Lady and Lord Halifax, Mrs. Hull and Mrs.Wilson, President said U. S. was "ever ready to fight again" for democracy,

The Origin

Of O.K.

NEW YORK, June 15 (UP).

Simple Skin Test For Pregnancy Discovered

-The acquicscent expression Development of a simple one-hour test for pregnancy, prob- "OK.", uttered a billich times ubly the most remarkable discovery of its kind ever made, was daily, is an etymological orphan, announced recently by the University of Illinois College of No one has ever satisfactorily Medicine. explained what the two lettera stand for or how the expression urose, according to Woodford Heflin, associate editor of the

"EAST END ANGEL

WOULD NOT QUIT

"

Mary Hughes was brought up in Mayfair. Now the East End is mourning her.

"The Angel of the East End," as they called Mary Hughes, has died in a Whitechapel hospital at the age of 81.

Thousands in Whitechapel and Stepney knew her as their friend.

When the Biliz came people told} her: "You ought to get out of this." She would not listen.

Dewdrop Inn

Frail-looking but lion-hearted, she carried on with her work

friending the poor.

of be-

MERCURY

MONOPOLY ENDED

WASHINGTON,

June 15

Eighteen years ago, Mary Hughes) -she objected to any prefix to her name-bought a public house In (UP). - Increased output of Vallance-road, E., and converted it! quicksilver in Mexico. Peru and

into a club,

She called it the Dewdrop Inn. the United States lias been in- Its door never had a key.

strumental in breaking the Thousands came to her for legal Italo-Spanish mercury mo110. advice, comfort, or a free meal, and

Commerce she found time to see them all, sit-poly, according to ting at her desk all day and some- Department officials. times half through the night.

Quoting authoritative British Now she is dead, three trustees, sources, experts said they be- two men and a woman whom she lieved the world quicksilver herself appointed, will carry on her work.

cartel, formerly controlled by Mary Hughes was a daughter of Italian and Spanish interests,. Thomas Hughes, who wrote "Tom had been "definitely ended" by

Brown's Schooldays."

rapid increases in non-European production.

Slept On Boards

The Mexican mercury industry, it During the last war she came to was pointed out, has been revitalised the East End from her rural home by Great Britain's wartime needs. in Berkshire and went to live with Evidently fearing the possible loss of her sister, Mrs Barker, wife of the Spanish supplies, the British Govern- vicar of St Jude's, Whitechapel. ment has made sure of the availabi- Her sister and brother-in-law were lity of the entire Mexican supply, lost in the Titanic,

which runs into thousands of flaskes. Mary Hughes threw herself into each year. happy.

Production in Peru and British Colombia has also been stepped up for the same reason.

The new method is a skin test, very much like those used for allergy such as hay fever. Besides indicating pregnancy in 30 minutes to an hour, it is easy to give, and inexpensive.

that department and Dr H. H. Cohen The University's doctors have blem since 1914; Dr V. C. Freda of

partment. Dr. William H. Welker, the work of making East-Enders of the Physiological Chemistry De- head of the Physiological Chemistry Department, was consultant.

Dictionary of American English.quietly made several hundred "This supposition," he said, "has trials of the new test during the no evidence to support it other than past year. They reported it is the similarity of sounds."

98 percent reliable and detects two pregnancy

early as weeks.

Some philologists have traced the expression as far back as 1700, when slave soles were entered in court records with the nointion "O.K."---- believed to be a corruption of the abbreviation "OR" for "Order Re- corded."

As

Colostrum Injection

The test consists of injecting into the forearm, with a fine hypodermic needle, a minute amount of colos trum, a watery liquid secreted in the breasts during pregnancy.

The method in general use for the past decade, the Aschhelm-Zondek test in which white mlee or rabbits are used, has the same percentage of reliability but requires more time, No reaction occurs it the woman Heflin believes the first genuine seldom detects earlier than four is pregnant, but if she is not the historical example of the expression weeks, and costs considerably more. point of injection begins to look as is-dato 1815, an entry in "A travel

if she had a mosquito bite. A red-

Inches The new test was developed by dish area one to two diary of William Richardson," rend- ing "Arrived at Princeton, a hand- Dr Frederick H. Falls, head of the diameter appears. This bump raises some Uttle village, O.K., and at Department of Gynecology and within an hour and disappears in Trenton where we dined át 1 p.m.” Obstetrics, who has studied the pro- four or five hours.

On Monday,

June 17, 1940

THE BOMBER FUND

was started.

On behalf of the people at Home and the British Government, the South China Morning Post and The Hongkong Telegraph tender grateful thanks to the many firms and individuals who have given So generously.

To the members of His Majesty's Forces; The Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, the Hongkong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and to all contingents of the Hongkong Police Force and Police Reserve, The Auxiliary Nursing Service, the Nursing. Detachment of the H.K.V.D.C., and to the Hongkong War Effort Committee, Clubs and Associations all of whom have. made regular contributions, warm thanks are extended.

Contributions

to Date:

$2,213,361,50

Total remitted

London * £130.939.19.6d-

TO-DAY

THE BOMBER FUND Commences Its Second Year

in

She never wore hat or gloves, she slept on boards and lived frugally

The United States, for the first on brend and cheese and tea,

time on record,

ranked as an exporter She fell ill recently and was taken of quicksilver last year when 50,000 to St Peter's Hospital, where she flasks were produced, approximately died.

20,000 more than could be consumed by domestic industries. The surplus was sent mainly to Great Britain..

Up till then she had been busy working among the poor people sho was proud to call her friends.

FIRE DESTROYS

Abnormal Consumption Full effect of the sharp increases in quickaliver_production... Mcials said, will not be felt until the ces- sation of hostilities. It is believed that the blow will fall sharply on the which ac- counted for four-fifths of the world output during the period immediate- ly preceding the outbreak of the present war.

FAMOUS CLUB Hala-Spanish interests. Officer Trapped

Officials pointed out that European Directors of Bath Club, Dover- street, W., arrived there recently for war machines are now consuming an amount of mercury. their monthly board meeting-to find abnormal

omount the premises a blackened shell. Changes in the sources and

The club where the King and his of the world supply will undoubtedly brothers had swimming lessons, and take place when demand returns to where Princess Elizabeth and Prin alignment with normal industrial cess Margaret won swimming prizes needs; but most officials belleve.that In 1939 was wrecked by fire in the the old world monopoly has finally early hours of the morning.

been smashed. Pilot Off. (Actg. Fig. Of) W. G. Airey, one of the guests, lost his life, and three firemen, injured fighting the blaze, were taken to hospital.

Pilot Off. Alrey was sleeping In his room on the third floor and could not be roused by the staff, who werd cut off from him by the flames.

Other club members, including Maj-Gen, Sir Andrew McCulloch, escaped in their night clothes or hastily donned attire, while momber of the staff scrambled down

one

Servicemen's Position After War

LONDON, June 15 (UP),—

a drain-pipe from a first-floor room There will be no demobilisation and jumped into the arms of a tax after the war for men in the driver.

Maids and women members of the services until they have found n kitchen staff, on the top floor, were job. This is one of the recom- awakened by the cracking of names. mendations of a special com- They grabbed their clothes and rush-mittee appointed by The Govern ed to safety down the staircases.

[ment to work out a policy' of Guy Mainwaring Morton, reconstruction. "Peter Traill," the author and play. Plans for the demobilisation wright, was rescued from a fourth- of sailors, soldiers, airmen and floor bedroom by a fireman, who

Mr

street.

Also

Author's Escape

..

..

brought him down an escape to the A.R.P. workers have been made

joy the committee. Magnificent Adam tellings, part of Priority will be given to those whữ the original building with the club can return, to key poets and those was founded in 1894, were destroyed: who will be useful in the task of Valuable books, pictures find furff rebuilding property and assisting in ings, including a collection of Pellé the general reconstruction of the grini cartoons in the cardroom were country.

Jost

To remainder will be urged to At a meeting of directors at which start the Forede fill a full trade Lord Desborough, the president of recovery has takes place and their

club presided it was decided to posts are dvailable, accept an offer by the Lansdowne

Men will also be retained in the Club to provide temporary accom-army as work of squads for clearing modation to members of the Bath up debris and onstructing tempor Club Monnwille, the staff, Humber ary homes for retuning evacuees. Ing about 100, are temporarily with Trade an out employment,

Neft ilma at Tie. Government, Whi preventing wholesale unenent of wployment,

the

of the N.C.O's accused, des plans for the develop -Brt- assaulting non-combatant conscient (ndustry, may have to be dev

trade, and experts believe that lous objectors were acquitted on all joped on different lines owing to charges at courts martial al Laver the Incransed industrialisation of the Hertling from their war

one of the

pool. They were Company Major William Cooper and Berg Alexander, both of The Ploncer

Corps.20

After nisprech, for the defence, which deal slopettes the war will be the

Peace Pledge Unión;"

aldered for an hour before bringing 11127, verdict; of 2 Not Qulle w

don of fresh trade pacts with- mpire, Whión", will be follow

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