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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
6
New York June 4 Robert Ripley and Ozzie Nelson discuss odd musical sounds from instruments. Ripley recounts a tale of the first sound made when an Egyptian trod on lizard skin stretched over a turtle shell, creating a surprising noise. The remark highlights curious origins amid radio program discussions.
Chairman J H Robson reported that the registration committee anticipates a large attendance at the West Virginia life underwriters sales congress. About 250 insurance men from all companies operating in West Virginia are expected to hear addresses by four nationally known executives at the Daniel Boone hotel.
Ripley cites legends of a colossal stone figure near Karnak singing to 87 famous onlookers, while other wonders include Tunisia’s Ketko rock crevices as vocal chords, Kauai’s barking sands, and the bow and arrow as the first stringed instrument.
The text notes the bow evokes the harp, lute, bass violin, and lyre while claiming the French horn began as an elephant tusk in the Middle Ages. It also asserts the clarinet uses a primitive reed from grass and that every nation has invented the xylophone, hinging on cross cultural instrument development.
Dr Hantaro Nagaoka told an imperial academy session in Tokyo that the interruption of radio communication every 54 days may result from a heavy bombardment of alpha particles or protons from the sun around solar meridian crossing. The disturbance, slightly affected by Earth’s magnetic field and without aurora, disrupts the Heavyside Layer and blocks reflections of electrical signals.
Jovan Nemesh, aged 92, committed death by own action by jumping down his own well in Yugoslavia. He, with full possession of his faculties, had grown very weak and explained that he had no will for eternal life on this planet.
Miss Olive Gentry of Los Angeles will present a religious dramatization titled The Lost Word at 8 15 Sunday night at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church. The story set in Antioch 1500 years ago follows Hermas who rejects the word God for material pleasures. Lincoln Mother Singers provide music. Gentry will read Shakespearean selections at Kanawha college Tuesday at 10 a m.
London reports King Edward has given up golf for gardening. In gray clothes he spends evenings in the gardens of Fort Belvedere, with a high fence for privacy. Four years after acquiring the estate, spectators hoped golf would thrive, but the king now prefers weeding planting and rhododendrons.
A picnicker wading the Limpopo near Messina, South Africa, was attacked by a crocodile. The incident occurred as the individual attempted to cross the river, prompting local authorities to issue safety warnings.
A boy was grabbed by a crocodile while swimming and torn at the arm and coat tail. The creature released him as he reached the shore, leaving the lad with a badly torn arm.
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