British American standard screw thread agreed
American and British engineers reached final agreement on a unified screw thread. The new standard adopts a 0 degree thread angle with rounded roots for both systems, ending a feud since 1918 and easing trade and wartime efficiency. A separate plumbing code was also drafted to unify nationwide standards.
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Ellis
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society
Stanley A. Tucker
ASME
Missing and Found Notices and Local Help Wanted Ads
A collage of community notices: lost and found items including a pearl earring at 6th and Fillmore, Daisy the missing Scottie with a leg bandage, a rat terrier found near Amarillo, a collie pup named Mike, and offers to care for children, dog adoptions, ironing services, and tulip bulbs for sale. Also requests for child care and a high school boy seeking work. Contact details and addresses listed.
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Daisy
Tack
412 East Tenth
Donald Denson
Farm prices slip from postwar peak in November
The postwar peak in January was followed by a 2 percent drop in the month ending mid November. The mid November price index stood at 271 percent of the 1909-14 average, down from January's 307 percent. A separate Labor Department report showed a 0.4 percent rise in wholesale prices for the week ending November 23, with most commodities inching up while foods edged lower due to meat prices. The Nov 23 wholesale index reached 164.9 percent of the 1926 average and was 3.2 percent higher than a year earlier.
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Labor Department
Two Headed Boy Wins Radio Fame in Giveaway Show
A two headed boy, Homer Horace, becomes a radio theater hit after entering a giveaway quiz show. The double-slate duo charms crowds, wins prizes, and boosts family wealth, prompting a moral about chasing opportunity.
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Mau Sotte
New York
Homer
Horace
Homer-Horace
Horace Homer
Most Missing Persons Found in Denver Bureau Report
Denver missing persons chief E S Davis notes about 80 percent reappear within a month choosing to return on their own. The remaining 20 percent are typically located after searches by authorities. He warns phony amnesia is easy to spot while real amnesia is rare, and jokes about residents fleeing to the Sahara.
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Denver
Apt
E. S. Davis
Davis
Sahara
Joseph Stalin
Married couples mark long lives in Beattie Kansas radio feature
Four couples in Beattie Kansas share a 64 55 and 48 year span of marriage praising farm life and Christian virtues as their recipe for harmony. Names Gur tier Moore Koch and Pickrell cited with marriage lengths while a farm harvest machine description appears briefly in the piece.
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Kan
P. J. Gurtier
Frank” Moore
Pete Koch
Isaac P. Pickrell
Isaac P. Pickrell. ‘the Gurtiers
the Moores
Koch
Pickrells
Commies Steal Big Treasure In Burmese Cash Chest Heist
Report from Payabyo describes the Red theft of treasure buried by U Sein Win six years earlier. Two chests found. one opened revealing gold jewelry and currency worth over 130000 pounds sterling, later vanished. Smaller chest untouched, contents moved to a local bank for safety as government troops arrived.
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Pegu
U Sein Win
Burma
Payabyo
Sein Win
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