Science to Solve Firefly Light Says Hartford Profs View
Professor Perkins argues science advances by careful, cumulative steps not wild leaps. He says eventual science may reveal the firefly’s cold light and capture a larger share of world electricity, if data and experiments align with established theory.
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Henry A. Perkins
Phisis Department
Tro
Perkins Son
Perkins
Profesor Perkins
Aor Perkins
Sreiter
Piper
Neptiune
Solar Eclipse Observed Across Argentina in Clear Buenos Aires
The annular solar eclipse was seen in interior Argentina with clear skies in Buenos Aires while other cities faced clouds. Director John Hart-Taunn of the La Plata Observatory reported observers used a prime viewing site near Neueqanen to photograph the event.
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Argentina
Accentina
Toray
Buenos Ares
John Hart- Taunn
la Plata
Cbarivatory
Esere
Neue Qanen
Fonamier
Stamford firemen to get pay increase
Stamford officials announced a pay raise for firefighters aligning fire department salaries with those of police. The Common Council adopted a resolution at a January meeting, standardizing salaries to match police figures.
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Stamford
Common Council
Police
New Haven Weather Summary Reports Above Zero Records in December
December 1939 records show no below zero readings in New Haven as the Weather Bureau notes warmer moments with a high of 47 above on December 14 and a maximum mean near 42. Precipitation peaked late month with 2.46 inches on December 28 and 29, and snowfall reached notable totals including 14 inches on December 25 and 26, the greatest December snowfall since 1878. There were eight clear days, eleven cloudy days, and 15.42 hours of sunshine amid varied conditions for the month.
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New Haven
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Shipstead Bill Pushes Shipway To Link Great Lakes
Washington Jan 4 AP Senator Shipstead proposes a Senate resolution urging President Coolidge to start negotiations with Canada for a joint Great Lakes to sea shipway via the St Lawrence river. The plan aims to reduce transport costs and aid an Interior region with over forty million people dependent on basic industries and exports through prolonged shipping routes.
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Washington
Cootidge
Canada
St Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Shipstead
Father of Stamford police chief dies
Stamford Jan 4 Special Joan Brennan aged 31 died at home this afternoon. He was father of Stamford Chief of Police John B Brennan and is survived by three daughters Mrs Winifred E Burns of Springdale wife of Capt Edward Burns a retired New York City Fire Department captain Mrs Catherine D Riley and Miss Mary C Brennan both of Stamford Miss Brennan is a public school nurse here.
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Joan Brennan
John B
International Bridge To Stay Open Until nine PM
Washington Jan 4 The international bridge at El Paso Texas will stay open daily until 9 PM announced by Assistant Secretary Andrews in charge of customs and prohibition. Customs officers had recommended closing it at 8 PM.
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el Paso
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Andrews
Customs and Prohibition
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At & Pm
Five Million Radios in Use Ad Club Told
Charles Delia of Delian Electric spoke before the Advertising Club at Stratherd. He cited rapid radio growth, noting five million receiving sets in use, fourfold speaker production from 1925 to 1926, and a value near 173 million. He also highlighted radio in agriculture and government interest, saying radio now rivals telephone and auto in importance.
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Delian Electric Company
Stratherd
Hollis Stevenson
Delia
America
Atwater-Kent
Philadelphia
Kent
Washington
United States
Student Centes Shooting Woman Student Centes Shooting
Alan Arthur Dale of Bakersfield California a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student pleaded not guilty in Police court to first degree assault over the December 29 shooting of George H McCarthy Jr. Dale a former admirer of Mrs McCarthy boarded at her mother’s home. Police describe the assailant as wearing horn rimmed spectacles and a sheepskin coat. Dale was arrested upon returning to the institute last night and wore a sheepskin coat. horn rimmed glasses were found in a pocket.
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Alan Arthur Dale
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
George H McCarthy, Jr
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Woman Bandit in Capital Holdup
In Washington a woman bandit and her male accomplice robbed Antone Duerty in Rock Creek Park. The pair fled with 72 dollars from a Veterans' Bureau allotment awarded for an injury during the war. Duerty, bruised and fainting, reported the incident to police after the assault.
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Victm
Antone Duerty
Rock Creek Park
Veterans’ Bureau
Duarty
Althopgh
Two Held by New York Police for Board Bill
Stamford January 4 Special Jease Stokes and Samuel Dolson, colored, are held in New York on charges of theft and evading a board bill. They left Mrs. Mary Brooks 1268 Canal Street after boarding there, she says they stole $40 and a suit of clothes worth 320, and she claims they charged $125 for board and lodging.
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Jease Stokes
Samuel_ Dolson
New York
Mary Brooks
Canal Street
French Cavalry Disperse Bandits Near Rucheld
Paris reports French cavalry slew twenty bandits in a Syrian raid near Rucheld. A Beirut dispatch notes the action but the foreign office says no new revolt exists in Syria. Bandit raids are described as intermittent rather than continuous.
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Rucheld
Beirut
Foreign Office
Syria
Woodside Park Accepted by Stamford Commissioners
Stamford officials vote to formally accept Special Woodside Park at the park board meeting last evening. Commissioner Maguire sought delay and abstained from voting after his request was denied. In Toronto, William Bavin known as Billy the Bum surrenders on manslaughter charges in a long police case across the continent.
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Woodside Park
Board of Park Commissioners
Walter N. Maguire
Phillips
Toronto
William Bavin
Continent
Billy the Bum
Ming
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