Sun Scientist Dr. George Ellery Hale Dies at 69
Dr. George Ellery Hale, longtime director emeritus of the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, dies at 69 after a yearlong heart illness. He shaped solar science by proving the sun's outer layer is hot glowing gas with whirlpools, discovered magnetic fields in sunspots, and developed instruments like the spectroheliograph.
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George Ellery Hale
Mr. Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
California
The Value of Advertising in Truthful Market Practice
Advertising is rarely dishonest and when truthful it supports business growth. Major media avoid false ads to protect value, while large scale campaigns lower production costs and prices, boosting sales and consumer welfare.
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Dany
Weekly Press
Magazine
Radio
Ing Onl
Wright
Vertion
A Very Ancient Custom Furniture Is Different
The article traces calling cards to Stone Age cave visits with rock marks left when hosts were away. It notes engraved cards persist as a custom and mentions Schafer of Ramsgate who built an entire living room furniture set from postage stamps over 93 years. An acre of trees can evaporate 3200 tons of water in a season.
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Albert Schafer
Ramsgate
England
Schafer
Australian Coin Series Unveils Penny Pattern With Royal Head
A new Australian coin series debuts with the first penny showing the uncrowned king on one side and three wheat ears on the other. The mint issues £20,000 worth of coins, equivalent to about $80,000, for the initial batch.
Not Natural Allies In The Rome Berlin Axis
The piece argues the Rome Berlin axis rests on nuisance value rather than solid alliance. It notes Italy fears Germany’s bid eastward and Austria, while Germany seeks eastern and southern expansion. The uneasy partnership relies on facade of solidarity to influence European diplomacy.
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Italy
Germany
Austria
Brenner Pass
Europe
Rome-Berlin
New York Times
Wash frock with trim panels easy to make at home
Anne Adams presents pattern 4730 for a colored wash frock with trim panels and princess line shaping. The design features straight seams, a yoke, brief sleeves, and optional two side belts with shoulder buttons. Sizes 14 through 42. size 16 uses 41 yards of 36 inch fabric. illustrated instructions included. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave. E
Louisiana Farm Boy Receives First Eye Graft
Frank Chabina, 19, from St. Joseph Louisiana, received a face eye graft from donor John Wesley Amos, a 68 year old tenant farmer. The operation at Charity Hospital New Orleans on December 8 was described as the first of its kind with his right eye already functioning at full capacity and the left improving toward three quarters in a few months.
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Frank Chabina
Louisiana
Frank
John Wesley Amos
St. Joseph
Amos
George Hart
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Taste Inherited From Family Music Passion Noted
A friend compliments Miss Murphy's piano touch to Mrs. Murphy who says her daughter loves music and never tires of it. She notes the family lineage, mentioning her grandfather's skull was broken with a cornet at a temperance picnic.
Brooklyn Library Catalog Boasts 560000 Names For Emergency
The Brooklyn Public Library reveals a filing of 560000 names for name choice emergencies. Examples include Cello Earline Hominous Glamoureen Nervertia Shulamith Zipperath and Fiimptz.
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Brooklyn Public Library
Cello
Earline
Hominous
Glamoureen
Nervertia
Shulamith
Zipperath
Fiimptz
London coin meters hold vast shilling stores in pubs
In England shillings remain in demand with 1,090,000 London gas meters capable of holding up to 4530 shillings each before quarterly empties. England’s convict population fell from 50,000 to 6,000 during Queen Victoria’s era. Canned cheese is now part of US army rations. The text ends with a nonsensical line about trouble and fun, and a stray number 2246.
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England
Greater London
Ultra-Violet Light Aims to Stop Colds at Bank Window
A new UV light lamp announced by the American Institute promises to sterilize air and touching surfaces. In Suffern New York at Lafayette Bank and Trust, a bluish curtain of mercury vapor beams sterilizes breaths and money handling surfaces in under a second. Dr Deryl Hart of Duke Hospital praised its air purification around patients.
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American Institute
New York
Lafayette Bank and Trust Company
Suffern
N.Y
Suffern Bank
Hart
M.D
Duke Hospital
Durham
N.C
Old Timer Among Journal Staff Has 64 Years Service
Seven Lincoln Journal employees total 398 years of service with the paper. The shortest tenure among them is 50 years, while the veteran is credited with 64 years. No other U.S. printing plant matches seven workers with such long tenure.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Trans Atlantic Flights In Six Hours Visioned
A plan envisions six hour Trans Atlantic air service enabling rapid crossings. Travelers would have time for tea and a quick sea view between departure and arrival as a feature of the speed boost.
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