Liquid oxygen proposed as cheap mine explosive worldwide
The U.S. Bureau of Mines recommends liquid oxygen as an effective and inexpensive explosive for salt and metal mines, quarries, and tunneling. It notes successful use in Germany and France, advantages for on site production, reduced transportation hazards, and the need for on site plants despite rapid evaporation and high initial costs.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Pittsburg
Upper Silesian
Germany
Lorraine
Briey
Alaska
Chaplin Returns to Shell Arms at American Theater
Bedlam erupts as Charles Chaplin steps into the trenches in Shoulder Arms to an ovation second only to its debut. Wolf Darby pursues a placer claim in the Northwoods while Shadows of the North offers a chilling north country twist. The End of a Perfect Fray concludes Fighting Blood’s tenth round, making the lineup a hummer for the American bill.
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Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
Yesteray
Big Northwoods
Wolf” Darby
North
North Country
The Tents of Allah at Ansonia Ends Today Encore Screen
Monte Blue and Mary Alden appear in The Tents of Allah at the Ansonia theaters for the last time today as an Encore picture. Viewers remark on the closing run and the film’s final showings.
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Monte Blue
Mary Alden
Ansonia Theater
American producer touts Moroccan horse realism in The Tents of Allah
Producer A MacManus says The Tents of Allah used authentic horses from Porto Rico to mirror Moroccan stock. He notes the horses’ small yet strong build, shaped by centuries of Arabian breeding introduced by Spaniards. About 2000 horses were used, rounded up with U S Army veterinarians from sugar plantation towns.
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Morocco
Hollywood
A. MacManus
Mr. MacManus
America
Allah
Porto Rico
West Indies
U. S. Army
Wild Beast Market Reports Prices Rise in Hamburg
Postwar scarcity drives up prices for wild animals with giraffes at about 5000 dollars hippos 2500 to 5005 and good lions 1250 each. Europe’s Hamburg center leads trade as John Hagenbeck seeks British permission to deploy German catchers in India to renew tiger imports from the Maparadja of Gwalior.
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Hamburg
John Hagenback
India
Gwalior
Hagenback
Palm Olive Shampoo Delivers Gleaming Hair at Home
A vintage ad proclaims olive oil shampoo as the secret for shiny soft hair. It urges buying Palm Olive Shampoo at drug or department stores to restore luster, claiming dry brittle hair and dull looks improve quickly.
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Angonia
Yser Et Pasha
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