Grace Hazen Talks Radio Terms Like Modern Flappers
Miss Grace Hazen of the United States Bureau of Standards radio laboratory in Washington discusses meters kilocycles and other radio terms with the same ease a modern flapper talks about rouge and popped hair.
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Grace Hazen
Radio Laboratory
United States Bureau of Standards
Washington
Ohio State President Thompson to Retire Next November
Dr. W O Thompson longtime president of Ohio State University since 1809 will retire before turning seventy on November 5. He holds a Muskingum College degree and has previously served as president of Miami University and Longman College in Colorado.
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W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Muskingum College
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Miami University
Longman College
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Ultra-Violet Sunlight Essential for Health Says Science
The article describes ultraviolet rays as a small but vital part of sunlight and claims they cure diseases like tuberculosis and rickets. It cites Hertel Minsen Roller Lo Grasso and Dr Alfred Hess, urging outdoor exposure and foods or artificial sources when air is polluted.
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Minsen
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Switzerland
Lo Grasso
Alfred Hess
New York
Health value of canned foods through history
The article traces food preservation from drying and pickling to canning. It cites Appert and Pasteur, notes rapid growth of the canning industry, and claims modern canned foods are among the cleanest safest and most nutritious. It warns against spoiled cans and advises boiling contents to neutralize botulism.
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France
Nicholas Appert
United States
Word Puzzle Answer Grid From OCR Text
A list of numbered crossword style clues with many spelling errors and missing letters. The text shows horizontal and vertical clue groups with partial entries and a note that the solution will appear in the next issue.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
Instructions explain filling white squares with dictionary words to form horizontal and vertical answers. Numbers mark initial letters, blacks separate words, and only non dictionary proper names may stand out. Abbreviations slang and obsolete forms are shown in definitions.
High Honor but Little Salary for French Premiers
A report notes French premiers earn under 6000 dollars yearly and that no leader has served beyond 23 months in 30 years. Aristide Briand, premier seven times, lives modestly in Paris and handles doors himself. Edward Herriot, Lyons mayor for 20 years, commutes 300 miles weekly to attend Lyons affairs.
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France
Aristide Briand
Lves
Paris
Briand
Edward Herriot
Lyons
Sperry reveals portable searchlight 1.2 billion candle power
Sperry Gyroscope announces a 1.2 billion candle power searchlight that can spot an airplane at 30 000 feet in clear weather. Weighing 1500 pounds, it is portable and can be set in the ground with sand barriers to resist bombing. It is operable remotely to avoid blinding glare for the operator.
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Sperry Gyroscope Company
Taxicab troubles and a Duluth schoolboy's quip
Dominick Henry of New York notes widespread taxicab troubles. A Duluth boy asks his father if the world is round, and the father replies that going east could be done by going west, a joke hinting at future taxicab driving.
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Dominick Henry
New York
Duluth
Dinosaur bones found in Tanganyika largest fossil shoulder blade
The British Museum expedition under W. E. Cutler reports Africa's Tanganyika beds yield the largest dinosaur fossils on record. A shoulder blade measures six feet two inches, indicating similarities between African and western North American dinosaur faunas, including stegosaurs.
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W. E. Cutler
British Museum
Tanganyika
German East Africa
Africa
North America
Morley and a society woman discuss a life of Charles
In Burgin's Some More Mem ories a society woman chats with Morley about So and So’s Life of Charles. Honest John quips about the later death scene prompting the woman to plead not to be told what happens.
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A. B. Burgin
Morley
Charles
John
Artaxerxes Seal Found In Moscow Vault Discovery
Investigators report finding a seal believed to belong to Artaxerxes the Great, Berjan monarch who ruled 465 to 425 B C, during rummaging in a Russian museum vault. The artifact will be exhibited at Moscow’s Fine Arts museum. The seal bears the inscription I am Artaxerxes the Great King.
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Artaxerxes
Berjan
Fine Arts Museum
Moscow
Farm Work Ethic Quoted By Grand Rapids Professor
A Grand Rapids professor recalls the old-fashioned American-hired man who would work when the boss was away. He notes a few such workers sit on a fence at times and labor until their jaws tire.
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Grand Napids
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