Lightning's speed measured at ten thousand miles a second
New York scientists using the Empire State Building as a lightning rod report that lightning travels at about 10 000 miles per second. A camera on a nearby skyscraper captured flashes for three years, showing a tongue of fire rising from the tower before the main stroke to guide the bolt.
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New York
Empire State Building
Karl B. Mc Eachron
Lightning Laboratory
General Electric Company
Empire State
McEachron
Mr. McEachron
Earth
Wisconsin farm boy guards guarded electrical ray invention
A Wisconsin farm boy allegedly built an electrical ray with a range of eight miles and the National Inventors congress claimed it could disable electrical equipment. Washington guards protected the site to keep investigators from viewing the device or the boy. H. E. Taylor refused to reveal the identity or location.
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U. S
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Washington
H. E. Taylor
National Inventors Congress
United States
Taylor
War Department
Inventors Congress
Lloyd Barrage: British Engineering Triumph in Sind
British engineers built the Lloyd Barrage across the Indus at Sukkur, turning arid Sind into a vast irrigated region. The project, begun in 1924 and costing about 45 million, employed up to 60,000 workers, laid extensive rail and infrastructure, and is praised as a world wonder.
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New Delhi
India
Sind
England
Japan
Indus
Sukkur
Sophomores Top Offenders In Class Cutting At RPI
Troy New Hampshire reports Dr Ray Palmer Baker assistant director notes freshmen are too timid juniors too grown and seniors too attached to alma mater to cut class. A followup system stops cutting before it becomes a habit and keeps absentees unusually low at RPI.
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Troy
N. H
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ray Palmer Baker
Baker
Women jurors barred from knitting in court
Albany reporter says Supreme Court Justice Francis Bergan warned that women jurors must not knit during trials. He argued knitting would distract other jurors witnesses and the judge though he said women have as good judgment as men and should not fear jury service.
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Albany, N. Y
Supreme Court
Francis Bergan
Mortician-Ready Glib Aviator Glenn L Martin Gains Backing
The profile outlines Glenn L. Martin of Baltimore famed for aviation gambles and showmanship. It notes a $15.5 million backlog, calls for a 100 percent air armament increase, and plans for a 250000 pound bomber. It recalls his Catalina flight in a laundry wagon, church-built plane, and early Iowa roots. It also covers William Jennings Bryan Jr.’s shift to customs at Los Angeles and his cautious, legalistic style with mixed views on silver and evolution.
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York
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
House Naval Affairs Committee
United States
Avalon Bay
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Catalina
British Channel
Mackburg
Iowa
Illiam Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
California Democracy
Dayton
Tenn
Upton
Sinclair
University of Nebraska
Georgetown University
Arizona
Consolidated News Features
WNU Service
Origin of the word assassin and its imperial roots
The term assassin comes from Persia in the eleventh century. It derives from hashish used by Hasan-i Sabbah’s followers to prepare for killings. Assassination as a tactic targets vested authority and has repeatedly threatened autocratic rule from ancient rulers to modern dictators.
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Persia
Hasan-i-Gabbah
Julius Caesar
Pink and White Chintz Apron Pattern and Supplies
Instructions for sewing a pink and white chintz apron with ruffles pockets and belts. Includes fabric yardage 1% yards of 36 inch print and one yard plain material, skirt and bib cuts, pocket shape, ties belts and straps, ruffle sizing, hemming and gathering tips. Also notes Mrs Spears embroidery book Gifts and Embroidery with 48 pages and 25 cent price.
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Hemmer
Spears
Sp. Desplaines St
Chicago
Garden flower pests and remedies in early season
Early season pests attack popular flowers. Leaf beetles cause holes in alyssum zinnia marigold and other blooms. Remedy sprays with arsenicals or pyrethrum. Cutworms strike snapdragon aster petunia verbena. use poison bran bait around plant bases. Aphids affect most flowers. spray with pyrethrum or nicotine sulphate. Downy mildew appears as white then black. dust lightly with flowers of sulphur.
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Gilbert Bentley
Ferry Seed Institute
How to Think and Civiliztion Steps and Tolerant Views
A reflective piece contemplates enduring ends achieved by various means. It notes pioneers suffered from Indians and wild animals, then cites 40 000 yearly deaths from automobiles. The essay muses on celebrating frequent events and progress via stepping stones between inventors, and suggests dialogue with enemies could build tolerance and reveal good points. It asks if youths can be taught how to think and compares to Socrates.
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Socrates
Sambo Faces Debt Vigilante Tale of a Debtor
A restaurant bill collector named Sambo cruelly pressured five patrons to settle debts. He spots a tall colored man across the street who admits a murder conviction. Sambo asks why the money isn’t paid. the man replies he’s in jail for murder, and Sambo nervously justifies not chasing the debt.
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Sambo
Knowledge Is Your Own and the Power of Knowing
A philosophical reflection contrasts memory and knowledge. It argues memory safeguards entrusted information while true knowledge makes it genuinely one’s own. The note echoes Seneca’s emphasis on inner ownership of understanding.
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Mens
Seneca
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Metropolitan Opera
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WNU
Indian Desert
Dallas Ave
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Houston, Texas
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Bryan, Jr
Ruth Wyeth
Scar
Uncle Phil
C. E. M. Johnston
Prince Albert
B.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
St. Joseph Aspirin
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