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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1934
Page
6
The Arizona meteor crater near Winslow is an elliptical pit about three quarters of a mile long and 600 feet deep, surrounded by a ridge rising 130 feet. Electrical resistance and magnetic surveys, plus two drill holes reaching meteoric material at about 680 feet, resolved the long debate.
Tides arise from the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on oceans and the earth. The moon exerts a stronger influence, estimated at about two and a half times that of the sun, causing water to bulge especially where nearest. Tides rise and fall roughly every lunar day, with higher spring tides after new and full moons and lower neap tides in alternating weeks.
A French process uses a special machine to immerse cork sheets in chemical baths to remove brittle resin. The treated cork sheets are then combined with cloth to create a waterproof fabric suitable for various uses.
A look at English devotion to dogs cited by the American Kennel Gazette. Paintings of rulers and great men show dogs beside them, with King Charles spaniels near Charles I and terriers beside Mary Queen of Scots. Stories recount dogs warning of danger and staying with their masters in death.
The first use of iron in ship building began in 1816 with Thos Wilson constructing the Vulcan in Lanarkshire Scotland. The John Randolph, the first iron ship riveted in Savannah in 1834, marked the Iron Age in American shipbuilding. The old gunboat Wolverine, launched in 1843, is the world’s oldest iron hulled afloat, and the Great Eastern served as a cable laying ship.
Researchers locate two extinct volcanoes buried under Lake Superior waters, revealing ancient volcanic activity beneath the Great Lakes. The discovery adds new insight into the region’s geological history and underwater topography.
Swiss chemist J E Brandenberger born 1872 first invented cellophane. It was first produced by a French company and used initially in candy boxes and cosmetics.
The sea horse possesses a prehensile finless tail used to grasp upright growths. This adaptation aids attachment to seaweed and provides protection from predators.
The Detroit News notes lack of special electric organs in humans, cites frictions causing sparks from shoes to lamps, and explains that muscle contractions nerve activity and gland secretions involve electrical phenomena measurable by a galvanometer.
A book by Newman Flower credits Handel with writing The Messiah in London and storing it away due to discouragement. He traveled to Dublin at a summons to present new works and, amid Irish musical appetite, produced The Messiah. The success in Dublin secured Handel's enduring fame.
A regional survey lists seventeen cactus species in Oklahoma, detailing variety and distribution across habitats and noting implications for local biodiversity and conservation efforts.
In Maine a curious craft line recalls making shanks for shoes and collecting knees from hackmatack trees. These knee pieces, root-like in form, served boat builders for stems, revealing a small mining like industry tied to regional timber resources.
Salt is mined 400 feet beneath the earth surface with steep beds ranging from 200 to 400 feet thick, indicating rich underground deposits.
Windsor Castle houses 360 clocks with two volumes detailing their inventory in the Lord Chamberlain's office. The most famed is Henry VIII’s wedding gift to Anne Boleyn, weights bearing lovers’ knots and valued around 50 000 dollars. Buckingham Palace contains over 150 clocks including a Louis XIV Buhl clock valued at 25 000 dollars and a yearly-winding eighteenth century piece. The grandest is a 9 foot 10 inch grandfather clock in Buckingham’s main corridor.
West Point admits applicants without a high school diploma, but only those with first class High School education or equivalent can enter a four year program. Cadets endure strict military discipline with summers spent in camp. Graduates are commissioned as second lieutenants and must serve eight years.
The piece notes that goose fat is highly regarded in Germany and eaten in place of butter, including in bread dishes. It mentions Hebrews following dietary rules, permitting fat with meat while butter and meat together is restricted, and calls goose fat valuable for various culinary uses.
The Comedie Francaise serves as France's official national theater funded publicly to promote dramatic art, historically known as La Maison de Moliere or Moliere's theater.
Mercury freezes near 38 F below zero becoming a soft tin white malleable and ductile metal that can be worked to some extent at that temperature.
Editorial voices skepticism about taxing a product out of existence while praising the Alaska purchase and Seward’s folly. It muses on future mass populations, transport links, and Alaska’s wealth from gold and reindeer, arguing the empire’s value far exceeds its cost and noting the Juneau Empire’s figure.
Samuel Insull, Chicago utilities magnate, aged seventy four, is arrested by the Turkish government while aboard his chartered Greek tramp steamer near Istanbul. The incident, framed as Uncle Sam extending long arms, may end his active career amid rising pressure and pride.
In Iceland 150 miles east of Reykjavik Skeidararjoekull Cirka, once a calm peak with an ice capped summit, erupts violently. Nupsstad residents near Skaptafellsbysla report lightning roaring skies as the ancient volcano vents and crackling ice. Elders warned of folly as the eruption unfolds.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates two million dollars to fund a research laboratory open to scholars worldwide. The gesture counters calls to spend money only in America, noting Rockefeller financial reach extends globally with Rockefeller oil cans found in households as far as China.
Police report six people dead in a Bremerton Washington house ransacked by thieves. Two women and four men were bound gagged beaten and shot. The ongoing crime wave tied to prohibition and its foster-mother remains unresolved.
Two hundred thousand gathered in Rome to hail Pope Pius during a solemn ceremony that established and confirmed miracles performed by Don Giovanni Bosco. The Turin priest, once considered extreme for aiding the poor, was celebrated as he joined the saints.
In Shef field England a new shell is announced that can pierce the toughest armor plate and extend nine miles beyond the gun’s range. Weighing nearly a ton, the shells are costly, but wartime money loses its meaning in this arms race.
In a 1934 McNaught Syndicate piece, the author likens politicians and leaders to Stooges who pose questions while others answer, noting Lounging Congress, Lindbergh, and Roosevelt as examples. England, France, and other nations are described as employing Stooges for influence, with "Brain Trust" treated similarly. The piece ends praising the Stooge concept and its ubiquity.
Pathfinder Magazine suggests Yankee may come from the Indian word Yenghees for English or from the French Anglais. The term appeared among British soldiers around 1775 as a contempt for New Englanders. By the Civil War it extended to all Northern Americans, while Europeans often use Yankee for Americans in general.
Scientists at the University of California operate a large 5 ton magnet device to produce penetrating neutron rays. Hydrogen gas particles are accelerated to high speed and strike a metal target, releasing neutrons that pass through a lead shield. The beam exits via a lead window at about 10 million electrons per second, with potential medical applications explored.
A visitor asks about local politics and Senator Sorghum says conditions remain the same. Residents believe he is poised to win in the next election as optimism grows despite uncertainty.
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