Tough Rayon Cords Add Strength To Army Equipment
Wilmington Del July 17 scientists report rayon cords replacing cotton strengthen walls and extend tire life saving rubber for army tanks and trucks. Du Pont De Nemours describes a process yielding rayon with tensile strength of 70000 psi achieved by immediate post formation stretching and cellulose from cotton enhancing strength.
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Science Service
Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Demonstration Shows Synthetic Rubber Making Process
Washington July 17. Rubber production progress shown for lawmakers in the caucus chamber. Butadiene and styrene feed the synthetic rubber making, with final mixing of gases and liquids into tan butyl rubber demonstrated by Dr. Per K. Frohlich assisted by a miniature lab and visuals.
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Washington
Bunn S and Butys
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Jennings Randolph
Mines and Mining Committee
Gasoe
W. §. Parish
Per K. Frohlich
American Chemical Society
Standard Oil Development Company
Frohlich
Doldrums at Lemhi County as four offices seek unopposed
Salmon Idaho July 17 four county offices have no candidates from either party. The unusual political stalemate highlights a lack of contenders in Lemhi County. Previous party competition has faded in local races.
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Salmon
Idaho
Lemhi
Church Women Meet at Miss Barrett’s Home
Rest Virginia July 17 The Women’s Society of Christian Service of Rest Church met last Saturday night at the home of Miss Ethel Barrett. Nearby clergy and families visited Ridgeway and Paynes Chapel for services. Several local residents and guests enjoyed weekend visits and campouts across the region.
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Rest. Va
Women's Society of Christian Service
Rest
Ethel Barrett
L. H. Smallwood
Purcellville
Ridgeway
Smallwood
Paynes Chapel
Dora Sandford
Charlottesville
Esther Ridgeway
Frank Snyder
Winchester
G. L. Snyder
Famiy
Charles Brady
Baltimore
J. W. Sthiack
Wilma Shiack
John Gaines
Hagerstown
Gaines
Murchel Lamp
Norma Lee Lamp
Washington
Henry Barrett
Emma Ridgeway
Ruth Ridgeway
Frances Ridgeway
Fairmont
W. Va
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues List
A mixed crossword grid of across and down clues with numerous items across and down including meats flavors and verbs and nouns and Greek letters and body parts and directions and common words and phrases. The list mixes numbers and partial words and appears from a puzzle page ready for filling.
Remembers When Japanese Made Attack On Birds
Alfred M Bailey recalls a 1909 Japanese raid on Laysan Island 800 miles from Honolulu when 300,000 seabwing wings were shipped to Japan. The raid killed birds and damaged habitat, later worsened by rabbits, but vegetation and bird life slowly recover.
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New York
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Alfred M. Bailey
Audubon Magazine
Laysan
Theodore Roosevelt
Leeward
Midway Island
Japan
Bailey
Byu
U. S. Revenue
Major James Roosevelt Reveals Mango Confiscation
In San Francisco on July 17 Major James Roosevelt, son of the President, recalled a cornfield tale of a confiscated breakfast after docking from the tropics. He said the plant quarantine ruled the mangoes infected with Mediterranean fruit fly, forcing his father to eat something else. The anecdote drew varied sympathy from nearby friends.
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San Francisco
Marine Corps
James Roosevelt
Kansas City Police Board Bans Informal Salutes
Col. Harry M. Gambrel chairs the Kansas City Police Board as new rules require officers to stop addressing superior officers by nicknames. A wave of the hand is discouraged and salutes must be given with a crisp yes sir. Smoking in public is also prohibited for officers.
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Kansas City
Harry M. Gambrel
Third, Missouri Infantry
Barn roof call up by thunderstruck rooster in Kansas
Mr and Mrs William Elder inghoff found their barn roof occupied by a rooster perched on the ridgepole during a July 17 electrical storm. The bird’s loud clamor drew the couple’s attention as it had scrambled past connecting sheds to its precarious position.
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Minneapolis
Kas
William Elderinghoff
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