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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
6
The Chicago Motor Club estimates over forty four million people will take vacation motor tours in 1928 spending about three and a half billion dollars. Based on 1927 data, hotel and tourist homes gain since more motorists choose hotels, with about 29 million people in 1927 using 7.25 million cars.
Irving Vaughan relates a notorious Burrus misplay tale from Columbus in the minors where three wild throws and a missed bunt led to crowd rejection. Buck Herzog intervened to stop the chaos as runners vanished from base paths, leaving Burrus infamous for a third error.
Estimates show gasoline use reaches a billion dollars annually to feed U S motor cars. Daily New York arrivals total about 50000 in automobiles. Only 11 percent of U S automobiles are city registered. More than two thirds of farmers own at least one vehicle. Gasoline production of about 17100 gallons per minute sustains demand. Over 8 million people are employed by the automobile sector, rising to more than 4 million in the current year.
Practical guidance on maintaining A and B batteries for radio receivers. Clean tops and contacts, use grease to prevent corrosion, store batteries away from heat, and replace or charge according to voltage readings. Avoid mixing dead and fresh cells and protect floors from acid leakage with containment.
More than 100 college men play baseball this season in the major leagues. Brooklyn features two great pitchers Jess Petty and Dazzy Vance. European swimmer outswam a season, and if Chet Thomas still around he can out bark it. Urban Shocker signed to pitch for the Yanks with a new delivery called the radio ball. Earl Collard sold to Seattle in Pacific Coast league. Bob Lennox sold by Fort Worth to Charlotte North Carolina. Vic Hansen to join Syracuse stars of the New York Pennsylvania league. Lou Gehrig and Joe Bewell played every game last season in the American league. Hoff loses amateur standing in Norway. Johnny Farrell shot a golf course in 63 18 holes. War-Star Fancy, full brother of Crusader, schooled over jumps. Gene Tummey foresees colleges supplying many future heavyweight skaters. Glasgow Rangers plan Canada United States tour. Germany plans 280 athletes to Amsterdam Olympics incl 50 women. Athletics miss Al Simmons who hit .302 last year. Cobb, Speaker and Miller still performing. White Sox release rookie pitchers Al Williamson to Shreveport and Roy Wilson to San Antonio.
The photo shows Bob Martin, once a champion boxer with the American Expeditionary Forces, told by Walter Reed Hospital doctors in Washington that he suffers from boxers' waltz, a result of injuries from the ring.
The article explains that loud speaker sharpness hinges on design choices. It suggests using transformers or impedance coupling with high amplification to reproduce higher notes. For mellowness a rheostat and capacitors across the speaker terminals can produce a softer, mating effect.
Grove, a highly touted left hander once valued at $100,000, is expected by Mack to pitch far more this season. He showed progress last year after overcoming early hurdles and, with Vennock, could form one of the game's best left handed pairings.
Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, curator at the Bronx Zoo, returns from Tela Honduras with live yellow beards, tropical rattlers, coral snakes, and imitator snakes for a larger reptile house. He filmed 5,000 feet of venomous-snake footage during dangerous jungle expeditions and recalls encounters with manatees, crocodiles, and howling monkeys.
In Oxford a Birmingham University professor told the Universities congress that science could bring a heaven on earth if guided by choice. He warned that without direction science could become a curse, saying it cuts labor hours and future work will be five hours daily, while laziness drives much mechanical progress.
Frank Green of Wolcott New York uses 11 ewes to produce 84 lambs in two months. One ewe had triplets while the rest gave birth to twins, showing rapid flock growth.
The piece recalls early beliefs about the tallest North American peaks near Jasper Park Alberta. Historic estimates by explorers and scholars varied widely, with claims of Mount Whitney stature and heights near 18 000 feet and 17 000 feet for Hooker and Brown. Modern surveys in 1920 set Mount Brown at 9 156 feet and Mount Hooker at 10 872 feet, dispelling the tall illusion.
Post mortem studies of G Stanley Hall Sir William Osler and Edward Morse show their brains closely resemble average brains with only slight differences in weight and convolution patterns. Dr Henry H Donaldson of the Wistar Institute notes fundamental brain structure is remarkably similar across individuals despite minor variations.
A scientist from the Island of Foehr reports North Sea island milk from cows goats and sheep contains high iodine levels. Cow milk measures up to 210 millionths of a gram per liter. Iodine is linked to artery health and may aid various childhood diseases.
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