From rags to riches a Standard Oil chief’s rise
Ralph W. Gallagher, once penniless, has become president of New Jersey Standard and helped transfer Buna-S rubber patent rights to the government. The piece traces his 47 year climb from poverty to leadership, noting his early life, career at Standard Oil units, and status as a noted oil authority.
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York
Ralph W. Gallagher
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Gallagher
Standard
East Ohio Gas Company
New Jersey Standard
Bolero Dress Pattern No 8207c For Girls Ages 3-8
Pattern No 8207c offers a heart neck bolero with large pockets and bow belt for girls aged 3 to 8. The size 4 set requires 244 yards of 35 inch fabric and 4 yards rick rack. The bolero can be worn with other dresses.
Not stuffed: museum animals mounted on hollow forms
Collier's notes that many museum animals are not stuffed. In New York's American Museum of Natural History the mammals in the North American Hall such as bison moose elk and musk oxen are mounted on hollow forms and are light enough to lift easily.
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Collier’s
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Pattern No 8368 Availability and Material Requirements
Pattern No. 8368 comes in sizes 10 to 20 with size 12 using 334 yards of 39 inch fabric and 12 yards ruck rack trimming. High demand and wartime conditions require longer fulfillment times for a few popular pattern numbers.
Do not wash eggs before putting them on ice and coat tips
Do not wash eggs before icing them as washing removes the protective film. Coat linings should be slippery. If time is tight cut vegetables smaller to speed cooking. Keep crisp cookies with bread in airtight containers. Children like helping with planning. Sugar between fruit layers reduces boil over. A split clothespin makes a safe pan scraper.
Lost Desert Mines Emeralds Found in Northern Tombs
Ancient tombs in Northern Africa yield emeralds linked to lost Sa hara region mines. Arabs claim the stones originated from sources thought hidden deep in the desert.
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Africa
Sahara Desert
Quiz on common terms and world facts
Questions cover incendiary bomb weight steel versus wood ship lighter meanings apostate will-o-the-wisp chinook twin US city names same East and West coast foot-pound nadir rattle snakes countries and the cruiser called the one-man fleet.
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United States
Mystery Quiz on Geography and History Answers
A compilation of quiz items and answers covering topics from mysterious lights over marshes to winds. Includes Portland Maine versus Portland Oregon and the energy to lift a pound a foot, plus notes on the U S S Salt Lake City as a heavily engaged cruiser.
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Portland
Maine
Oregon
North
South America
U.S.S. Salt Lake City
United States Navy
Ike Eisenhower Iron Chopper Hero of War Era
The article portrays Dwight D. Eisenhower as a tough versatile figure from boxing to football before West Point. It notes German 18th century ancestry and calls him a leading tank expert praised by soldiers for toughness and luck. An anecdote claims he faced a Negro National Guardsman who fired five shots. all missed.
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LMER
Indiana
Judiciary Committee
Davis
Owi Davis
Manhattan
Mystic
Conn
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
West Point
Germany
America
Chicago
Vander Meer’s two hitless games in one week stun Reds history
Collier's notes that since 1920 only 21 major league games were hitless and only one pitcher, Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds, threw two hitless games in the same week. The first came against Boston on June 11, 1938, and the second against Brooklyn four days later.
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Vander Meer
Cincinnati Reds
Collier’s
Boston
Brooklyn
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Gen. Eisenhower
Anna
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Fleischmann's
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