Pneumatic rifles a long study for Milwaukee museum
Eldon G. Wolff and assistant curate the Milwaukee Public Museum history department study pneumatic weapons from ancient records to the Lewis and Clark expedition. They plan a forthcoming introductory book noting two main types and historic warnings about their murderous use.
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Milwaukee
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Austria
Eldon G. Wolff
Wolff
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Maker of Boxing Gloves Debuts Safer Fight Gear
New York report shows Benny Golomb, longtime MSG glove maker, introducing a three layer glove intended to reduce ring fatalities and head injuries. He claims tamper resistance and still allow knockouts, with wool and rubber layers and a horse hair middle panel.
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New York
Benny Golomb
Madison Square Garden
Benny
Radio gag proves man keeps silent longer than woman
A 48 year old housewife and a Los Angeles man sat in a store window for five days to prove which sex talks less. They could not speak except to guards read or turn on a radio. The man won when he spoke first after the woman was seen exchanging words with a stranger. Prize was 83 000.
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Los Angeles
Pants Kicker for Neighbors Gets Public Use
New Bern North Carolina report notes Tom Haywood built a wheel device in 1937 to boot himself and others as a novelty tool. Disgruntled locals used the contraption heavily, wearing out shoes, until it moved to the highway for public use and later resumed after another booting.
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Newbern
N. C
Alf Capp
Tom Haywood
Tom
Haywood
Perennial Flapper Edna Hopper Launches Wall Street Career
New York gossip notes Edna Wallace Hopper, once a Flora Dora star and cosmetics entrepreneur, now trades on Wall Street as a broker. The evergreen showgirl, famed for ageless claims and a sprightly life, cites finance flair learned from broker husband A. O. Brown while recalling past marriages to DeWolf Hopper and friendship with radio fame.
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New York
Edna Wallace Hopper
Wall Street
Miss Hopper
A. O. Brown
DeWolf Hopper
Big Town Shows Former GI It Has Heart After All
New York police court heard how 25 year old veteran Jack Davis, vagrant arrested for sleeping in a hallway, traveled from Kirkland Washington to New York after saving left behind $185 and surviving on a hotdog a day. Magistrate McKean waived the charge and locals donated funds lifting him to $16 as he sought work and planned marriage.
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New York
Jack Davis
Kirkland
Wash
Minneapolis
David McKean
Davis
Sam Puntillo Eats $3 Banana Split Train Wreck
In Kenosha Wisconsin Sam Puntillo a 160 pounder devoured a $3 banana split before about 0 spectators. He bet three friends he could finish the colossal sundae containing 22 scoops of ice cream six bananas and numerous toppings. Afterward the crowd left and his friends refused to join him.
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Kenosha
Wis
Sam Puntillo
Puntillo
Uncle Sam Reports On National Crop Prospects
The article explains how the U S crop reporting service gathers data from about 41 offices in Washington and releases monthly updates around the 10th. Some 500 reports yearly inform farmers, who submit data without pay, dating back to 1862 when crop reporting began in Lincoln's administration.
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Sam
U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lincoln
More Trucking Comfort In Store for Farmers
Automotive engineers say new truck models emphasize driver comfort to improve safety and protect cargo. W L Aiken of SKF industries notes manufacturers study every aspect of operation to reduce jerks and vibrations, with innovations cushioning both driver and load.
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W. L. Aiken
SKF Industries, Incorporated
New Milk Nutrient Labeled B12 Found Essential
A previously unidentified nutrient in milk is labeled B12 and shown to be essential for normal human health. Commercial chemists isolated B12 in crystalline form from liver extracts and found it drives the effectiveness of liver-based anemia treatments. The nutrient was formerly called Nutrient X and remains experimental.
Notre Dame’s Nine Horsemen Power 1924 Backfields
A coach named Rockne rode the famed Four Horsemen in 1924 as Notre Dame relied on a deep stable of backs. The article notes Notre Dame’s nine or ten standout backs, including Williams Sitko Spaniel Swistewicz Centre Zalejski Gay Barrett Landry, and compares them to rivals like North Carolina led by Dick Bunting. It argues Notre Dame excelled in depth, more than any other program.
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Four Horsemen
Carl
New York
Grantland Rice
Charlie Justice
L.S. A
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Willams
Sitko
Spaniel
Swistewicz
Centre
Zalejski
Gay
Barrett
Landry
Leon Hart
North Carolina
Williams
Coutre
Dick Bunting
Justice
Frank Leahy
Scathing View on 1950s College Football Practices
A columnist laments lop sided scores in five college games and criticizes substitutions and penalties. He cites North Carolina errors costing 14 points, calls for earlier kickoffs and daylight finishes, and urges simplification of rules to reduce officiating mistakes and delays. He targets endless substitutions and late starts in the sport.
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North Carolina
Hart
Williams
Tar Heels
Notre Dame
Strength Ranking Emerges From National Football Writers Meet
Football writers across the country debate the regional strength of teams. They rank the Midwest first, Southwest second, and Far West third, though Notre Dame and Army challenge that order with notable performances. California beat Wisconsin, and Southern California tied Ohio State despite injuries.
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Southwest
Far West
Notre Dame
Army
Michigan
California
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Handy Wall Cabinets Have Special Features
PRESSE notes easy to build kitchen cabinets with graduated shelves for various dish sizes tray slots and partitioned drawers. Readers can patterns 322 and 323 to build them or order patterns from WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer 16 Bedford Wills New York for 25 cents each.
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Bedford Wills
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Set of Doll Clothes Trimmed With Tiny Lace
Ad for a pattern book offering a 64 page Fall and Winter sewing guide with 8518 one piece doll outfits trimmed in tiny lace. Patterns cover dolls sized 14 to 20 inches. Includes a free pattern printed inside the book. Price is 25 cents.
Botanists Find More Native Tree Species in Smokies
Botanists report a surprising abundance of native tree species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina Tennessee border, with counts surpassing those in all of Europe.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina-Tennessee
Europe
Doctor Advises Sun and Air for Worn Couple
Joe visits his doctor after remarks about marriage stress. The medico concludes there is nothing radically wrong with Joe and prescribes sun and air as a remedy. He mentions his wife’s death as a turning point in the home.
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Joe
Christmas Gifts for Smokers Pack Big Holiday Cheer
A holiday sales pitch suggests checking off friends who smoke to gift Camels cigarettes or Prince Albert Tobacco. It touts a 200-cigarette Camels carton for smokers and a pound tin of Prince Albert for pipe users, both ready wrapped with space for a greeting.
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