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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1940
Page
4
The glaze on chintz is produced in the finishing plant by passing cloth through a friction calender after finishing. A mixture of cornstarch and a softener is used, and paraffin or beeswax is often applied over the hot calender to improve luster.
A Cambridge figure, once an athlete, is noted for asserting that a certain cut was destroyed. The text mentions chemical energy concepts and reports from the American Chemical Society about calculating product viability without experiments. It also notes ironing statistics comparing manual work to coal shoveling and hints at a park road event.
Representative Michael J. Neville announces re election to the Legislature from Wards 1 2 3 in Cambridge and Ward 2 in Somerville. A four year veteran 1937 38 39 and 1940 he chairs Constitutional Law and Civil Service committees and led redistricting efforts to protect Democratic representation. He opposes Republican Civil Service changes and urges voter support noting his legal practice in Harvard Square and family.
The smallest animal known, Pleuromonas jaculans, measures under one three thousandths of an inch and inhabits muddy ditches and shallow pools. The micro organism, tiny in size yet significant, highlights extraordinary diversity in aquatic life.
The National Forensic League is a national honor society for high school debaters and orators. It aims to encourage students to engage in interscholastic speaking activities and limits membership to 500 high schools with superior attainments in interscholastic speech.
Clocks with specially constructed pendulums have been developed that can run 400 days on a single winding, promising extended operation without frequent rewinding. This innovation highlights advances in timekeeping mechanisms and endurance.
The Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy musical drama New Moon opens with shipboard adventures in 1780 New Orleans Mardi Gras and moves to a tropical island republic aboard a wrecked ship. Companion feature is Zane Gray's Light of the Western Stars. Co feature Boys of the City stars The East Side Kids with Nancy Kelly and Jon Hall.
A report emphasizes that farm work remains the deadliest sector, with higher fatality rates than any other industry. It notes risks from machinery, animals, and environmental hazards impacting workers and families nationwide.
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