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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
10
In a tense exchange, two men in a speeding car discuss a burglary and a church Christmas morning. A moonlit cross over the church lights their resolve to go straight and share a rare moment of sincerity before a planned, decent return to their hometown. Martha Banning Thomas notes the scene with a reflective conclusion.
Bill Parker battles a fierce storm in the Betsy Lee as he flies through clouds at 20 000 feet toward home for Christmas. With ice on the wings and lightning overhead he steels himself to push on and reach safety for his family.
In a playful cartoon exchange Snake asks Mrs Bunny for a Christmas coat. Bunny replies her husband advised against shedding her old coat, turning the wish into a witty holiday banter.
Bee and Rochelle of Phil Spitalny's all girl band test an ultraviolet sunburn meter from General Electric. The device uses a photo cell to measure UV wavelengths causing erythema and estimates a safe 125 unit exposure for the average person. Rochelle holds the meter spoon while Lola shaded herself at Westport Connecticut's Longshore Beach, testing NBC broadcast timing.
In 1635 a Lyonnais impostor Mantaccini terrified locals by claiming he could raise the dead in the city cemetery unless paid. Debtors heirs widows widowers and others fearing upheaval rushed funds to him to keep the dead at rest, per Collier's Weekly.
Dr James R Walker notes hoop games among Great Plains Indians were not viewed as girls or sissy games. The great hoop game pain yakapi was played to aid buffalo hunters and bring success to hunters and communities.
A note on hummingbirds reveals their brains are large relative to body size. While humans have a brain about one thirty fifth of body weight, hummingbirds reach about one twelfth, despite the bird’s tiny overall mass. The contrast highlights remarkable brain-body proportion in the species.
The text describes dumb waiters as an English invention from the eighteenth century. It notes their design with tiers of trays on a central support and a tripod base placed at dining table corners for diners to serve themselves after servants leave. It mentions Chippendale's early bills listing two mahogany dumb waiters on castors supplied to Kensington Palace.
The giant eland is a large antelope reaching six feet tall and up to 1500 pounds. It once roamed South African plains in vast herds but interior white settlement is restricted due to sleeping sickness affecting white hunters.
Ancient animals related to giant saurians developed a third eye to see behind without turning their necks. The spare eye died out with the big beasts such as the sphenodon and their descendants, except in babyhood.
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