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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1931

Page

42

Restrictions Grip Berlin Winter Garden Chorus Girls

Twenty four chorus members in Berlin must follow strict contracts including weight limits and a ban on falling in love or marrying during the season. The ensemble screens potential husbands, with weight kept near 82 pounds and a limit of seven ounces, while many dream of future stardom.

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Oysters Use Cardboard Cradles to Save Seed

Experiments by the U S Fisheries Bureau at Milford Haven Conn show cardboard egg-crate like inserts dipped in lime sand cement and used as cradles for newly hatched oysters. Placed in stacks at low tide these trays provide large surface area for larvae to attach, reduce crowding and mortality, and boost seed yields, replacing crude shell dumps. Oyster fishermen nationwide adopt the method as mortality in beds remains high and shell supplies dwindle.

Ummer U. & Disheries Bureau Milford Haven Conn

Giant West Indian snail lays eggs as large as a pigeon's

Zoologist Arthur Fisher returning from Brazil reports a new giant snail species in the Genus Borus that deposits eggs the size of a pigeon’s. A photo shows one snail with four eggs on a river bank, while the surrounding ground suggests the eggs belong to the largest giant snail seen to date.

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Unclear Egypt Tomb Finds Hint At Ancient Chess Board

Fragmentary OCR suggests an Egyptian tomb near Luxor in the Valley of the Kings reveals unearthed figures and a possible burial plank linked to a chess board. Details are uncertain and partially damaged.

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