Bureau of Standards Aims to Improve Daily Life
A 1952 Western Newspaper Union piece extols the Bureau of Standards for testing and standardizing consumer goods. It highlights taximeter accuracy, automotive speed testing, heating methods, paper products, dyes, and materials. The article notes ongoing wind tunnels, chemical labs, and tests on light bulbs to lower prices and improve quality.
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Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Chemistry
A New Prevident Elected A New Prevident Elected
Elmo Scott Watson explains the ceremonial February 8 joint session for counting electoral votes and declares the 1932 election a formal rite. He notes the process involves boxes envelopes and a brief official parade and outlines the 1928 law shifting electors to mail certificates to Washington.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
John N. Garner
Texas
Roosevelt
Houses of
Congress
Charles Curtis
United States Senate
Curtis
Washington
Electoral College
Senate
House of Representatives
Capitol
House
Mr. Curtis
Georgia
Philadelphia
William Houston
Houston
Statehouse
Secretary of State of the
God's Acre movement boosts Southern churches
The Gods Acre drive spreads across southern states lifting country churches from near closure through farm crop shares. In Georgia the program began and participation doubled last year per Georgia Baptist convention official James W. Merritt. The plan known by several names directs acreage donations to church work and denominational activities across Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Disciples of Christ congregations.
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Georgia
James W. Merritt
Georgia Baptist Convention
Episcopalians
Disciples of Christ
Hip Pocket Car Released in Japan
The Commerce department says a "hip pocket" automobile has been introduced in Japan. The tiny car could be operated in cities without tax, per a Tokyo cable. It claims to be the world's smallest motor car about half the size of the baby Austin and priced exceedingly low.
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Japan
Commerce Department
Tokyo
Love's Glances and Reflections in Old Sayings
A reflective line notes that love does not anticipate its end and only recalls it when it fades, offering a quiet meditation on memory and longing within romantic arcs.
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Western Newspaper Union
Secretary of State
Houses of Congress
State Department
Fice
of the Electors
Dr. Pierce
Galveston
S. van Deventer Waukomis
Oklahoma
Haarlem
Department M
Haarlem Oil Company
36Th St
Brooklyn, N.Y
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