October 15: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1937, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “WILMINGTON, DEL. (A.P.) — The long sought explanation of man’s immunity to disease, the reason why one person catches pneumonia but another does not, or one dies and another recovers, was partly cleared up here today in discoveries with the ultracentrifuge described by Dr. The Svedberg of the University of Upsala, Sweden. The immunity is connected with proteins. The ultracentrifuge has disclosed the structure of protein molecules and some of their roles in immunity. For perfecting the ultracentrifuge, Dr. Svedberg received the Nobel Prize. He explained its workings in an address here at the dedication of a new chemical laboratory of the University of Delaware. All the molecules of one weight separate from those which are heavier or lighter and gather together in a single band. Although the single molecules are far too small to be visible under a microscope, the billions of them which band together can be seen. They can also be analyzed. In this way the protein molecules in the serum used to immunize human beings against pneumonia have been separated and examined.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1945, the Eagle reported, “BUENOS AIRES (U.P.) — Argentina’s new ruling triumvirate bid for public support today with a series of swift moves to erase repressive measures clamped on the country by former ‘strong man’ Col. Juan D. Peron. The three-man temporary government — President Gen. Edelmiro Farrell, War Minister Gen. Eduardo Avalos and Navy Minister Vice Admiral Vernengo Lima — in rapid succession: 1. Reopened Buenos Aires, La Plata and Litoral universities and reinstated professors and other officials discharged by the Peron government for participating in demonstrations against the government; 2. Purged the army and government of Peron’s key supporters, including Foreign Undersecretary Lucio Morena Quintan; 3. Reinstated and released from jail Federal Judge Rodolfo Barraco Marmol of Cordoba, an outspoken critic of the Peron government, on orders from the Supreme Court; 4. Announced that complete freedom of the press had been restored. A reliable government source said the government also contemplates lifting the state of siege at an ‘early date.’ Labor leaders who supported Peron threatened to call a strike that would paralyze transportation and public utilities as a protest against his ouster and arrest.”
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