First Free Flight Wind Tunnel Demonstrated by NACA
Langley scientists unveil a wind tunnel that allows model airplanes to take off and fly freely under magnetic control. Instruments measure gusts and stresses, with pocket bump recorders guiding data. Small rivet reductions cut power, and catapult-assisted takeoffs may shorten runway needs.
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Watson
DAVIS
Science , Service
Langley Field
Vai
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
San Francisco
Manila
No Housing Shortage in Days of Cave Men
New Haven Conn There was no housing shortage in prehistoric times when men were cave men and went cave hunting instead of house hunting. Dr George Grant MacCurdy of the university director of the American School of Prehistoric Research says caves in the United States are not as important as Old World caves for study. He notes man may have come to America about 40 000 years ago but perhaps ten to fifteen thousand years ago more easily. The oldest prehistoric inhabitants were Folsom and Yuma men older than the Basket Makers of the southwest who were older than the Pueblo Indians.
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New Haven
Conn
United States
Europe
George Grant MacCurdy
The
University
American School of Prehistoric Research
Mascardy
America
Folsom
Yuma
Barket
Southwest
Start Early, Girls, to Find Real Mate Admonishments
Dr Paul Popenoe of the Institute of Family Relations urges college girls and educated women to improve their social skills and personality to attract a suitable husband. He cites marriageability factors including normal sexuality, emotional maturity, openness, and domestic competence, and warns against relying on diplomas or aggressive courtship.
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New York
Paul Popenoe
Institute of Family Relations
Los Angeles
Calif
Popenoe
Streamlined Mines Suggested to Lower Ventilation Losses
Prof H Landsberg of Pennsylvania State College urged streamlined mining at the annual coal convention. He outlined how sharp corners in tunnels waste air, with right angles costing 250 feet and rounded bends about 96 feet of straight tunnel equivalent in losses. He showed timbering and car streamlining can cut these losses, noting 20 cars blocking 20 percent of tunnel area raises losses to 625 feet of surface in a standard tunnel.
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Cincinnati
H. Landsberg
Pennsylvania State College
Landsberg
Star Dust and Film Plans Stir Hollywood Notes
Hollywood buzz covers Jean Harlow's unfinished Saratoga and Rita Johnson replacing her, Loretta Young expanding her home life with sister Sally Blane, Irene Hervey returning via The Girl Said No, and Lily Pons juggling radio and films. Jack Dempsey to appear in Big City. Woman Chases Man praised as light entertainment. Odds and ends note Grace Moore delays, Ann Sothern connection, W C Fields laughter, and Deanna Durbin humor for Stokowski. Loretta Young courted for Fred Astaire pairing as Garde Lombard unavailable.
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Grace Moore
Melvyn Douglas
Ann Sothern
Bonnie Lake
Buddy Ebsen
Walter Winchell
W. GC. Fields
Walter
Hazel Glenn
Dr. Dafoe
Quints
Stokowski
Deanna Durbin
Garde Lombard
Fred Astaire
Loretta Young
Judge Darling the Witty Bench Poet of England
A Kansas City Star snippet recalls Lord Darling known as England's wittiest judge. It notes his humor from the bench and cites anecdotes of bench banter, including a juror exemption claim from a deaf salesman and exchanges over a horse not a pig.
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Lord Darling
Justice Darling
England
Identifying London Houses Before Street Numbers
Describes how London business streets used signs with blue boats black swans red lions and other figures before house numbering. Signs varied in clarity, making destinations hard to locate and often leaving animals and symbols ambiguous to passersby.
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London
Think It Over By THEY street of Bye and
A fragmented musing piece reflecting on temptation dignity and choice. The text suggests people spend time with others, note that dignity is compromised by alcohol, and hints at fatal consequences of self-destructive choices. It mentions an epitaph about walking toward death and speaks of the allure of noisy attention for the unimportant.
Mongols! Madam Barked Sir Howorth Mongols
A witty exchange unfolds when Sir Henry Howorth meets a gushing lady who claims he has written about dogs. He protests, she cites a history of mongrels, and he retorts with a bark that shames the misnaming.
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Howorth
Henry Hdworth
London
Firestone Standard Tires Offer Extra Value For Less
Firestone builds low prices by controlling rubber and cotton supplies, efficient factory methods, and high volume distribution. The Standard Tire features Gum-Dipping, extra layers of Gum-Dipped cords for puncture protection, non skid tread, and wear resistance, urging buyers to choose Firestone for safer Fourth of July travels.
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Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
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