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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1934
Page
6
Britain unveils two new metals containing chromion steel and aluminum like alloys. One alloy supposedly stops tanks by making armor obsolete while bullets pass through unhurt. The other, stronger than steel yet lighter than aluminum, enables faster aircraft and safer, strain resistant designs. Research concludes within two months for industry.
Ex Scotland Yard chief Wensley proposes a windscreen shutter marked Parked to deter car thefts. If a thief drives off with the shutter in place, neighbors will know the vehicle is stolen. Prague has a similar idea using blank cartridges and hulls, but risks harming pedestrians.
The article notes a new Navy directive from the Commander-in-Chief to eradicate the un desirable habit of profane language across the Service. It mentions a historic Royal Duke who sought to cleanse his troops speech and recalls Trinity House rules that prohibited profanity with a sixpence penalty for each oath.
Improvements in telephone transmission over recent years enable speaking across distances once deemed impossible for commercial use. Advances stem from worldwide investigations and standardised plans to ensure lines and apparatus meet proven performance, though simple errors can undermine careful planning and results.
A note on common irregularity in port telephone use describes speakers keeping the mouth near the transmitter to ensure quality. It notes that the effect of the mouth twelve inches away equals the impact of a 400 mile line length, urging users to speak with lips close to the transmitter.
A rapid snapshot estimates yearly world activity in one hour: 5,440 births and 4,630 deaths, 1,200 marriages, 85 divorces, 15 murders, 198,500 crimes with 177,000 punished, vast factory outputs, sugar production and consumption, tobacco and tobacco products valued, alcohol and coffee consumed, staple foods eaten in massive quantities, wages quoted from 1d to £20 per hour, telegrams and postal traffic, film industry impact, newspaper circulation, and planetary motion with weather events.
The Wind and the Sun argue over strength and compete to make a traveler remove his coat. The Wind fails as its force only tightens the coat, while the Sun's gentle warmth causes the traveler to shed the garment. The tale teaches that gentle persuasion often works where force fails.
A fragmented humor piece mocks dated tropes with jests about brandy muffins and a firet woman explorer. It splices aphorisms on marriage and cannibals, noting cynicism in modern life and a caricatured “Cynicism Department” segment.
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