Eggs Shipments to Argentina Highlight California Plants
Sig Lorentzen and staff of the Poultry Producers of Central California handle a 106 carload, 50 000 case egg order worth about 406 000 to Argentina. Hayward and Walnut Creek plants expand output. shipment assembled in San Francisco and sent by steamship to Buenos Aires after quick agreement with New York agents.
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Sig Lorentzen
Central California
Argentina
South America
San Francisco
Hayward
Washington
Buenos Aires
Petaluma
Walnut Creek
John Lawler
New York
Ietrest
Picturesque Old Wine Carts Fade From Rome Streets
In Rome the iconic wine carts are giving way to progress as motor trucks replace slow wagons. New traffic rules require driving on the right, causing accidents with left-hand cart routes and leading older drivers to abandon horsehan carts for auto transport under stricter penalties.
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Rome
Trees Grow Without Soil in Cuban Swamp
Huge trees rise from the Zapate swamp in southern Cuba growing on limestone with pockets of leaf matter. Silk cot ton trees four feet in diameter and mahoganies thrive where soil is nearly absent. Roots creep on the rock surface then dive through holes to reach hidden soil.
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Cuba
Kansas City Star
Science Service
Royal Purple Goes From Privilege to Everyday Dye
Prof. G. A. Schuette notes royal purple’s history from costly snail-derived pigment to modern synthetic dye. The Wisconsin scientist recalls chemists once used 12 000 snails of a single species to yield a gram and a half of dye, explaining its ancient rarity.
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G. A. Schuette
University of Wisconsin
New Testament in Paper Covers Tops Paris Bookstores
Among the best sellers in Paris, the New Testament bound in paper covers is priced like a paper novel at fifteen francs. It has no preface and is printed solid without formal arrangement. Cross heads present a modern appearance and a reader friendly guide through the Gospel with a contents table at the end.
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Paris
Auto Discount Co Financing Offers Quick Money
Auto Discount Co advertises fast loans on automobiles with refinances and payoff of repairs. Money in five minutes promises quick service available at 2219 Webster and evenings by appointment at 14th.
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Webster
Chubby Boxer Takes Flop for Denny Lenhart
Oakland heavyweight Jack Beasley floored in the fifth round by Denny Lenhart in a 10 round night card at the Oakland auditorium. Beasley showed brief offense in the third, but Lenhart controlled with lefts and clinching. Gene OGrady decision over Tom Corbett. Fred Baursh KO on Guy Lee. Roy Kitz KO Bud Smith. Jack Petrie kayoed Mitch Sekal. Frank Limas defeated Kid Reese. Bouts drew a small crowd.
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Jack Beasley
Oakland
al Frager
Denny Lenhart
Oakland Auditorium
Jack
Beasley
Denny
Lenhart
Gene O'Grady
Tom Corbett
Gene
Fred Baursh
K. O
Guy Lee
Roy Kitz
Bud Smith
Danville
Bud
Jack Petrie
Mitch Sekal
Figures and truth in statistics warned by Dr Rice
Dr Thurman B. Rice in Hygeia cautions that statistics are valuable only when accurately collected compiled interpreted and applied. He notes figures can be twisted by the unscientific and that reliable data reveal truth rather than prove a preconception.
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Thurman B. Rice
Hygeia
Doctor Rice
Water wolves and rapacious sea fish recall sharp predators
The text describes pikes as water wolves known for cruelty and voracity, but notes many sea fish share similar rapacity. It cites large congers pollock cod and bass as ferocious and halibut often killing other large fish. An English angler saw a halibut bite a conger, costing the halibut its life, and boatsman hauled it aboard. It also mentions pikes found dead from choking on their own spears and pikes attacking hooked rivals.
Gun named Big Bertha and its firing principle
The article explains that the long distance gun Big Bertha operates by firing a shell at 55 degrees to the horizontal with high velocity so it climbs into thinner air about ten miles above the earth to travel far before descending. During its flight from the Bic Beiin the shell rose to a height of 14 miles and traveled a long course in thin air.
Ten Years at College Neared End for Rigor
Thomas Rigor of the Philippine Islands, after a decade at the University of Minnesota earning BA and MS, will return home to devote the rest of his life to improving his country. He will receive his doctorate on March 20.
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College Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Thomas Rigor
Philippine Islands
Rigor
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