How Uncle Sam Keeps the World's Most Accurate Time
A 1940s era feature notes United States time standards as the most accurate globally. It describes the Naval Observatory master clocks kept in sealed rooms, their calibration against signaling clocks, and a brief history of timekeeping from sundials to mechanical clocks. Capt. Frederick Hellweg discusses precision to a hundredth of a second and the evolution of timekeeping devices through ancient to medieval periods.
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United States
Frederick Hellweg
U. S. Naval Observatory
Engineering Foundation of
New York City
Arlington
Hellweg
Berosus
Rome
Gilbert
Mind’s Mystery Delusions From Brain Injury After Suicide Attempt
An Ohio farmer, 79, shot himself, bullet lodged in his brain yet he survived weeks longer. He regressed to youth, unaware of his attempt, while caregivers used lines on his bed to comfort him as he slept. The case links brain injury to eerie, persistent delirium.
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Ohio
In Calgary Albertan an old man roams his youth fields
The Calgary Albertan quotes a line pondering what happened to an old man who left his sick bed and wandered the fields of his youth amid destruction and displacement. It asks what mysterious brain processes could drive such behavior and where the person himself vanished during the ordeal.
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Calgary
Foreclosure Sale Authorized for Fisk Rubber Co
Federal Judge James A. Lowell signed a decree authorizing the foreclosure sale of the Fisk Rubber Company of Chicopee with $7,000,000 in cash bonds and deposit certificates to be turned over to creditors.
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Boston
James A. Lowell
Fisk Rubber Company
Chicopee
Christmas Seals Sales Reach 3.5 Million in 1932
At the Mississippi Valley regional meeting of the National Tuberculosis Association, Chicago reports Americans bought 3.5 million dollars in Christmas seals in 1932. Peak sales were 5.5 million in 1929, with 4.6 million sold in 1931.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
National Tuberculosis Association
City adopts stepped penalties to ease 1932 tax delinquencies
The City Commission enacts an ordinance to reduce penalties on 1932 delinquent taxes for February through June with 2 to 8 percent rates and 6 percent interest from February 1. Partial payments are allowed to lessen total costs, and full penalties resume July 1. Statements mailed explain the relief options for 1982 taxes only.
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City Commission
Effort to Grant Roosevelt Dictatorial Powers Falters
House leaders concede doubt that Congress will approve a broad plan to grant President-Elect Roosevelt virtual dictatorial authority. Speaker Garner says his full program may not pass the lame duck session, though he hopes Senate approval of a proposal to give Roosevelt power to abolish departments and reorganize the government.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Garner
Senate
How to Make Hominy from Corn Pioneers’ Method
Iowa State College Foods and Nutrition Department outlines a home method using lye and corn to produce six to eight quarts of hominy. Start with two tablespoons lye in water, add gradually boiled water and two quarts shelled corn, boil and wash repeatedly, then simmer three to four hours until kernels swell and hulled corn is formed.
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the Foods and Nutrition Department of
Iowa State College
Governor's Pay Garnisheed Shocks Michigan Leader
Governor William A. Comstock faces garnishment of his salary by Lincoln National Insurance to satisfy a $7,000 leasehold judgment. The Democratic governor, already earning $4,000 yearly after a pay cut, may lose most of his income for his two-year term. A bill to shield state employees' salaries has been introduced in the Legislature. Comstock, Michigan's first Democratic governor in 80 years, remarked on adversity and his past finances.
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Lansing
Mich
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Lincoln National Insurance Company
Comstock
Practical Household Hints From A Newspaper Column
Helpful tips cover buttering cheese to stop drying and varnish removal from serge with hot vinegar. Advice includes keeping silver bright with camphor, cleaning hands with cold potatoes, boosting meringue with cold water, kerosene for porcelain, lemon and salt for stained ivory, and vaseline to prevent patent leather cracking.
Boners and Banter From School Exams
A collection of humorous exam tidbits reads like a prank list. Lines joke about Saint Helena as Joan of Arc’s summer home and jokes mishap about anatomy and evolution. The quips include wordplay on “dog star” Rin tin tin and mock questions about forest conservation measures.
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Saint Helena
Joan of Arc
College cows set butterfat records in Colorado
In Fort Collins Colorado state college Holstein herd cows set new milk and butterfat records. Lady Skylard Columbine yielded 18112.4 pounds of milk and 663.8 pounds of butterfat as a junior 4 year old, surpassing Institute Korndyke Changeling. Lady Pieterje Skylard Gerben became junior 2 year old record holder with 17288.1 pounds milk and 627.0 pounds butterfat.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado State Agriculture College
Columbine
Institute Korndyke Changeling
Colorado School For the Deaf and Blind
Pieterje
Gerben
Farm News Subscriptions One Year At Shared Address
Sun and Semi Weekly Farm News both list one year subscriptions to the same address for $1.85 each. The brief notice notes identical terms and pricing for the two publications, signaling a shared mailing arrangement.
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Sun
Medical Service opens cut rate clinic in Chicago
The United Medical Service a 300 physician group opens a downtown clinic as an experiment in reduced fees. It plans to cut costs by quantity buying of drugs and by physicians handling a high volume of patients, reducing social visits with patients.
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Chicago
United Medical Service
Quote Reveals Local Fight Incident Description
A man recounts a street fight claiming he and three companions defeated another man last night. The remark shows how locals describe the incident and reflect on the melee.
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