Atomic blame will fuse metals in new welding methods
Schenectady reports two General Electric inventions that weld metals with a strong ductile join by excluding air and using atomic hydrogen flames. Dr Irving Langmuir leads one method using hydrogen flame from an arc to melt metals such as tungsten and molybdenum, enabling oxide free joints with reduced contamination. The Lynn lab method by Peter Alexander adds a hydrogen rich gas stream around the arc to keep the weld atmosphere airless and improve ductility.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Irving Langmuir
Schenectady Laboratory
R. W. Wood
Johns Hopkins University
Tron
Orc
Doctor Langmuir
Langmuir
Thomson Research Laboratory
Lynn
Mass
Peter Alexander
Pity the Porter Washington
Representative Celler of New York proposes a congressional inquiry into porter pay and tipping, noting monthly tips average about 20 dollars and annual earnings around 870 dollars. The call aims to examine wages and working conditions for pullman porters.
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Washington
Celler
New York
Century-Old Plant Cells Show Longevity Discovery
Dr. Daniel T. MacDougal reported to the American Philosophical Society that certain plant cells from trees have survived and retained individuality for over a century. He contrasted this with the usual rapid death and replacement of ordinary plant cells in woody tissue.
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Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Daniel T. MacDougal
Department of Botanical Research
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Treasure seekers pursue wrecks of Yellowstone and Missouri rivers
Miles City Montana author Elmore Ellsworth Wenner has spent 25 years cataloging sunken treasure along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. He estimates cargo from wrecks includes pelts gold silver and qu icksilver with a government estimated value near 50 million dollars. Wenner reports portions of cargo from one wreck have been salvaged while many other steamers from early river trade lie buried along river banks from Council Bluffs to Sioux City and nearby.
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Miles City
Mont
Yellowstone
Missouri
Elmore Ellsworth Wenner
Wenner
Missouri River
Yellowstone River
Thomas Jefferson
American Fur Company
George Washington
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Assiniboine
Bismarck
N. C
Pontiac
Louisville
Sioux City
Courtship of 44 Years Ends With Wedding
Albert T. Gardner aged 68 married Leona L. Gibbs 61 at St Matthew's Episcopal Church where Gardner has served as organist for over 50 years. The ceremony was conducted by Rev C Herbert Reese with choir and vestry members present. They met 44 years ago in Philadelphia after overcoming financial and family obstacles. They now reside at the southeast corner of Twentieth and Brown streets.
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Philadelphia
Albert T. Gardner
Leona L. Gibbs
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
C. Herbert Reese
Miss Gibbs
Vincentown
N. J
Gardner
Twentieth and
Brown Streets
Women in Pittsburgh Fight Ends with Officer Bitten
Patrolman Seybold was struck and bitten while breaking up a scuffle between Mrs. Mary Johnertek and Mrs. Mary Porsky over pigeon ownership in a private home. The incident left the officer with a bitten right hand and bruised shins as he intervened.
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Pittsburgh
Parker Seybold
Mary Johnertey
Mary Porsky
Johnertek
Great River Will Attempt Comeback On Barge Service
Moline Illinois reports a planned six day a week barge service between St. Louis and Minneapolis funded with government aid and private stakes to restore freight flows on the Mississippi. An expanded channel and new fleet of boats and barges are planned with navigation to begin spring 1927.
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St. Louis
Moline
Natchez
Robert B. Lee
Cincinnati
T. P. Leathers
Robert E. Lee
New Albany
John W. Cannon
Cannon
Lee
New Orleans
Telegraph
Vicksburg
Helena
Memphis
Cairo
Time Lost by Finest Official U S Clock
Washington America's most timely clock clicks off the fleeting moments with a variation of only one hundredth of a second a day. Enclosed in an air tight chamber, the standard clock at the bureau of standards, which has this small variation in time, is used as a yardstick for measuring time intervals at the bureau. The clock is electrically wound twice a minute. Its time is checked each day by comparison with the noon signal from the naval observatory, which uses solar observations to set the nation's time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Naval Observatory
Stage Fright Leaves Rumford Couple Missing at Show
In Rumford Maine a timid young man Arthur Trenworthy and his fiancée Alice Russell vanished from the city home exposition before their planned marriage and gifts. Police searched in vain as the couple reportedly staged a fight.
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Rumford
Maine
Swain
Arthur Trenworthy
Alice Russell
Unclaimed Heroism Medals for 1924 Thames Rescue
Gold medals awarded to three American seamen by the British government for gallantry in the rescue of the British brigantine Thames by the Springfield crew in December 1924 remain unclaimed. Photograph shows D. B. Carson, navigation commissioner, seeking John Madison J Maxim and A A Vanderlip, the medal recipients.
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D. B. Carson
John Madison
J. Maxim
A. A. Vanderlip
American Envoy Bruce Engaged to Mellon Heiress
David K. E. Bruce announces engagement to Ailsa Mellon daughter of Secretary Mellon a noted heiress. Bruce son of Senator William Cabell Bruce of Maryland recently graduated from the American Foreign Service School and will serve as vice consul at Rome.
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David K. KE. Bruce
Ailsa Mellon
Treasury
Mellon
Bruce
William Cabell Bruce
Maryland
American Foreign Service School
State Department
Rome
Disappearance of San Francisco Clubman Baldwin Wood
Baldwin Wood, once a wealthy San Francisco clubman, vanished after losing an estate worth $400,000 through bad investments. Found hiding by reporters at an obscure spot, he had lived in luxury, kept pricey apartments and a country home, and was active in elite clubs before his finances collapsed.
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Baldwin Wood
San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
Tga
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Irene French
The
Broadway Association
Great River
St. Paul
U. S
Illinois
Stateville
Peter Klein
Leonore
Berlin
Mississippi River
Britain
Ben Tillett
Dock, Wharf and Riverside Workers of
England
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railway Men
David K. E. Bruce
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