Iturbi’s Thumb Saving Pipe Tamper Debuts
Jose Iturbi’s finger burn spurs creation of an automatic spring tamper for pipes. MGM figures Pasternak and Freed helped develop the Pak-A-Pipe with John Surrey Pipe Ltd acquiring rights, promising a market revolution by letting smokers tamp with a thumb press without burning fingers.
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New York
Jose Iturbi
Iturbi
MGM Commissary
Joe Pasternak
Pasternak
George Sidney
Arthur Freed
Iturbs
Freed
Joseph Ross
John Surrey Pipe, Ltd
Ross
Ultrasonic Devices Seen As New Aid to Industry
North Hollywood California an experimenter in ultrasonics says the new sound technology could revolutionize industry by enabling pure graphite extraction from ore steel hardening and food sterilization It may also wash clothes mix paint and keep it mixed The researcher Jack Hibbard of Los Angeles reports 99 8 percent pure carbon flake graphite produced with sound Hal C Thomas of Los Angeles is his associate They are backed by a team of engineers chemists and metallurgists.
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North Hollywood
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Jack Hibbard
Los Angeles
Lake Hughes
Hibbard
Hal C. Thomas
General Sound Laboratories
Independence Hall Opened By Boy Scout With Old Key
Westfield New Jersey recall as 12 year old Hugh Williams from Cranford with a found old key opens the door of Independence Hall in Philadelphia a key said to be the only one in existence. A guard then locks and Hugh unlocks the door again for the group.
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Independence Hall
Westfield
N. J
Philadelphia
Hugh Williams
Cranford
Hugh
Milwaukee Harbor Whistle Rule Clash Reaches Boats
Milwaukee officials propose amending the 1914 harbor rule to allow five long toots as a fire warning while federal law requires whistle signals for passing and safety. The move seeks to exempt the city ordinance from federal whistle requirements for tugs and harbor operations.
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