Krebs Named Chairman of Federal Central Relief Board
Theodore Krebs a Stanford professor of business economics has been appointed chairman of a new federal central relief board. The board will review and coordinate surveys proposed by federal state and local governments as part of the works relief program. Krebs a noted statistician went to Washington last December to assist the NRA.
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Theodore Krebs
Stanford University
California
Federal Central Relief Board
Krebs
Washington
NRA
Elephant Diet and Stomach Noises Explained
An elephant eats a consistent daily amount of food, roughly pounds. Growling intestines, or borborygmus, arise from gas formation in the digestive tract and are hard to stop.
Picked for Big Job The Marquess of Linlithgow Viceroy India
The Marquess of Linlithgow, a young Conservative, is appointed to the top post as viceroy of India in succession to the Earl of Willingdon whose five year term ends next April.
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Marquess of Linlithgow
India
Earl of Willingdon
Edinburgh to Install Indoor Sea at New Pool
Storms Made to Order Edinburgh plans an indoor sea at its municipal swimming pool with apparatus to create artificial waves and a storm. Waves will be controllable and range from gentle ripples for children to high seas for thrill seekers, offering varied aquatic experiences.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
World' Only Chimp Twins Have Birthday
The orange Park chimpanzee twins Tom and Helene turn one, marking the only clearly identified twin chimpanzees known to science. Mona the mother raises them with notable maternal preference for Helene, the weaker sibling, while Tom grows bold and adventurous.
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Marjorie van DE
Michael IL. Tomilin
Mona
Helene
Tom
Tamilin
Color Change Experiments Show Predators Respond to Contrast
At Scripps Institution of Oceanography a test used Gambusia fish in two tanks painted black and pale gray. After a month, black and white fish were placed in each tank. A penguin predator ate three black fish for every two white in the white tank and three white fish for every one in the black tank.
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San Diego
Calif
F.B. Sumner
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California
Scripps Institution
Hair fiber device aids crime detection and industry
Dr. J I Hardy of the USDA announces a new cross sectioning device for hair wool fur silk cotton and other fibers allowing rapid thin cross sections in ten minutes for forensic fiber checks clothing quality and animal or plant fiber sourcing. Hoover notes potential FBI use to speed investigations and deter racketeering while preserving sample integrity.
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Washington
J. I. Hardy
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Electrical Speed Cap Aids Law in Judging Speeds of Motorists
Amherst reports a new portable speed measuring device by Dr. Harry R. DeSilva of Massachusetts State College. It uses two light beams 18 inches apart and photoelectric cells to record speed, claiming accuracy within two mph at 60 mph and within a fraction at 30 mph.
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Amherst
Harry R. DeSilva
Massachusetts State College
This Medicine Man Might Do Well Here
An Austrian scientist describes a Brazilian Indian healer whose procedure for a broken leg mirrors Western surgery. The hunter was anesthetized with home-made rum, the bone set, and fibers of a native plant used as a cast, then covered by the aid of the patient’s friends.
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Vienna
Brazil
J. W. Freise
Double yoke dress pattern for girls from Sewing Circle
A pattern promising a youthful dress with a second yoke and puffed sleeves. Includes bloomers and a diagrammed sew chart. Pattern 9259 available in sizes 2 4 6 8 for 2 1/2 yards of 36 inch fabric. send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Not unless you refer to your getting her to marry you
A lighthearted quip about proposing marriage, framed as a joke about a wife and a prank. It plays on the double meaning of getting her to marry you and the humorous misdirection in conversation.
Big Bread-Winner First Boarder The Cockroaches In This House
A humorous dialogue contrasts a busy cockroach crowd with a second boarder noting roaches must work hard to support many imagined offspring. The exchange emphasizes industrious behavior in a witty, domestic scene.
Senator Sorghum on reading what’s said about him
In a quip, Senator Sorghum says he reads every mention of him to save trouble. He notes it helps him select sharp phrases by seeing them in plain sight, avoiding the need for a synonym book.
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Senator Sorghum
Half Started Jane and The Nerve to Propose
A dialogue fragment shows Jane noting a suitor shies from proposing after probing the parents income and disposition and the heroine's age, hinting at social pressures and romantic restraint.
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Jane
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