Radio movies demo signals future home entertainment
In East Pittsburgh Westinghouse and partners from RCA NBC GE and Westinghouse presented a laboratory demonstration of radio movies. A motion picture on film was scanned and transformed into radio frequencies, then broadcast and reproduced on a light display at the lab. Synchronism, high speed scanners, and mercury arc lamps drove the process as engineers hinted at home viewing via radio receivers within reach of daily life.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Radio Corporation of America
National Broadcasting Company
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Company
Westinghouse
Frank Conrad
Conrad
Radiovisor Radio Movies Predicted to Boom Next Winter
Science Service reports optimism that radiovisor radios and radiovision will enter thousands of homes next winter. Amateurs will build receivers and ready made radiovisors will hit the market. several stations experiment with radiovision as bands expand.
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Radiovision
California Wildflowers Displayed in Various Species
The listing outlines California wildflowers including annuals such as California poppy blazing star and baby blue eyes plus perennials like Indian paintbrush scarlet larkspur pride of California California fuchsia and white evening primrose.
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California
Kitchen Cabinet Hotchpotch Of Recipes From 1928 Era
Readable fragments describe garlic oil mushroom pasta Cornish pasty and banana based salads and desserts. Includes banana and date salad banana ensemble salad dressing banana fluff and mixtures with cottage cheese nuts and fruit served with lettuce and cream sauce.
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Alexandria
Unpleasant Type of Visitors to America
Mary Roberts Kinettart, recently given a $1,200 income tax refund, told of a Washington reception that prompted her to say Americans feel friendly toward their country except for third-rate English novelists who visit to lecture. She recounted a quip with a visiting writer about Niagara Falls exposing a lack of real interest.
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Mary Roberts Kinetart
Washington
U.S
Nireura Falls
Niagara
Spring cog-wheel shoes claim faster pedestrian speeds
Popular Mechanics notes a London exhibit of spring cog-wheel shoes. The mechanism resembles roller skates and promises easier wear with a claimed top pace near 10 miles per hour for pedestrians.
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London
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Joy in Creating and the Home Handyman
A fragment notes delight in making things for oneself, describing a tome by Lovemunk Wolan as a guide for home craft. The writing hints at personal satisfaction and practical skills for domestic projects.
Aley Says Eloise Is Different From Other Girls
Aley asserts Eloise stands apart from other girls. Eloise replies with a simple acknowledgment that she likes him.
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Aley
Eloise
Phillips Milk of Magnesia promised to ease stomach upset
The ad promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a pleasant relief for sour stomach and gas. It claims quick digestion comfort, neutralizes acid, and offers freedom in eating, with the Phillips name emphasized as genuine and superior to imitators.
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Phillips
Maymvesia
Veterans debate wartime rations over salmon at restaurant
Two ex servicemen at a table in a Detroit restaurant heard a waiter suggest salmon from the cold meat line. Only one of the five accepted the suggestion while four others said they had enough during the war to last a lifetime.
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Detroit
Hippo Dredges Rivers. Russian Expedition Plans Highest Peak
A hippo tears up plants and weeds in rivers acting as nature s dredge. An international expedition organized in Russia plans to explore unknown territory of the highest mountain in that country. Many people don t seek fortune they seek envy themselves.
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Russia
Rats! Girl’s Rebuff Triggers Wry Office Banter
In a stray anecdote from Stray Stories Jin returns to the office crestfallen after a girl rejects him. Riggs offers dry consolation noting a woman’s yes can be misread, while Jin laments the turn of events with a mournful tone.
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Jin
Riggs
Walking Pace and Ancient Sitters Across Greece
The text notes the average walking pace as 30 inches per step in historical terms. It adds that early Greeks viewed sitting on the ground as ignoble, a posture reserved for mourners and supplicants.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Federal Radio- Commission
Science Service
California’s Flowers
Western Newspaper Union
Jan
America
Lovemunk
Wolan
Moone
Dhilup
W.N.U
Kansas City
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