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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
7
A new technique by Miss Buell Mullen of Chicago enables portrait painting on aluminum. She sketches on paper, transfers the outline, etches and tools the metal, paints within the prepared area, and finishes the tinted sections with a transparent coat.
Egypt, one of the last civilized nations to adopt this levy, will implement income taxes soon under a new decree. The measure signals a shift in fiscal policy as authorities prepare to introduce the tax across the economy.
The Sporting News Record Book notes Alfred J Reach of Brooklyn as the first professional player engaged to play for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1867. It also cites the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 as the first complete professional team with 10 players earning a total of 9 500 dollars.
New York harbor leads the world with 68,598,000 net registered tons, more than double London. Kobe and Yokohama rank third and fourth. Rotterdam has the most vessels at 110,400, while New York is second with 92,030.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles presented Duke to Buffalo Bill as a lead horse for his shows. The General also favored Golden Pebbles and Old Ebb among his prized mounts.
Caligula, the third Roman emperor, appeared restrained in his first year but after a severe illness he ordered torture and killed thousands.
The United States reported 54 440 active gas wells at the close of 1937. This figure reflects the era's booming extraction activity and marks a milestone in domestic natural gas development.
The City of Los Angeles and the City of San Francisco unveiled the largest diesel locomotives, each with two 5,400 horsepower diesel plants, built by Electro-Motive in La Grange, Illinois.
Scientists estimate Pennsylvania has exhausted less than one percent of its vast coal resources while the state remains the leading producer of bituminous and anthracite yielding over 150 million tons annually.
Baltimore Maryland, the largest city south of the Mason and Dixon line, had an estimated population of about 832000 in 1938.
The American Automobile Association reports 42 million people take automobile vacations annually, spending about 4.2 billion dollars. This totals roughly one third of the U.S. population engaging in car trips yearly.
The article explains that about two thirds of heat enters a house through the roof in summer, while in winter only about one third escapes via the roof. Roughly a third leaks through side walls and the rest through windows, doors, and gaps around openings.
Miners reopening an old gold mine near Karangahake New Zealand found glowworms more than 1000 feet below the surface. In a 108 foot stretch the glowworms provided enough beetle-free light to walk along the truck rails.
Orville W. Habisch probate judge in Clermont County Ohio appoints Forrest C Sutton of Cozaddale as administrator of Ida M Sutton deceased late of Stonelick. creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Davis Ely & Ely attorneys. 1313 December 12, 1929.
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