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Gen Motors Corp: labor umpire rules in favor of double pay; ruling to hold until new contract negotiations are completed
Jap delay in consol New Guinea gains discussed
House passes bill with fund cuts; Dirksen amendments revd
Equitable Bldg wall chipped by faulty anti-aircraft gun shell; employes and army officials comment; illus
liquor industry advisory com offers WPB plan which may make rationing unnecessary
1942Rita Tushingham, English actress[†]
Rita Tushingham is an English actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including A Taste of Honey (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Smashing Time (1967). For A Taste of Honey, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and Most Promising Newcomer at both the BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Her other film appearances include An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Under the Skin (1997), Being Julia (2004), and Last Night in Soho (2021).
1942Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.[†]
Penicillins are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Penicillium moulds, principally P. chrysogenum and P. rubens. Most penicillins in clinical use are synthesised by P. chrysogenum using deep tank fermentation and then purified. A number of natural penicillins have been discovered, but only two purified compounds are in clinical use: penicillin G and penicillin V. Penicillins were among the first medications to be effective against many bacterial infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci. They are still widely used today for various bacterial infections, though many types of bacteria have developed resistance following extensive use.