YOU CAN BE A PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Be Your Own Boss Have Nicer Work Earn More Money Be a Person of Importance in Your Community Here is a new, easily learned profession, originated by the sudden new demand for drugless methods of healing. The scientific name for the new calling is “Physiotherapy.” Read the rest of this entry »
Fireworks Find Oil
By EMERSON G. SMITH
Continental Oil CompanyThat newcomer in industrial science, the Geophysicist, builds a little earthquake, listens to the result, and takes the guesswork out of petroleum exploration.
THE waves sent out by an earthquake travel at varying speeds in different kinds of earth and rock. Knowledge of these speeds permits the calculation of the approximate distance of the ‘quake after a seismograph gives its reading.
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PLAYING the World’s Most Dangerous Game
by ROBERT M. ROOF
(Builder of cars for dirt track racing) It is danger in sport that fascinates both spectator and participant, which is the main reason why dirt track racing is gaining in popularity every year. In this article a man who has devoted his life to the development of this thrilling sport gives you some real inside information on the men and cars that burn up the ovals at the state and county fairs about this time of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
BLINKY
Introducing “Blinky” the nite-light blinking bee By WILLIAM H. MINOR
HERE’S a little project that’s sure to keep the youngsters amused for hours and hours. About 9″ from head to tail, this busy balsa “bee” will blink continuously for over a year on one set of batteries. Blinky’s operation is based on two neon-bulb relaxation oscillators, housed in the bee’s hollow body. Read the rest of this entry »
In today’s world… What does it take to feel like a man?
It takes action to feel like a man. Takes pride, too, and good, skillful training. Join the modern Army’s Combat Arms program and you’ll have all three.
Pride ? In Combat Arms it makes no difference whether you select Infantry, Armor, or Artillery. You’ll be proud of any one of them. And you’ll end up proud of yourself, too.
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CIG-O-MAT
A NOBBY novelty copped this month’s $50 Bright Idea Award. Called the Cig-O-Mat, it’s a miniature cigarette vending machine that looks just like the big jobs that dispense smokes for those who like the puffers. Made of heavy chrome, it is an eyecatching little item for your home or office. It holds nearly two packs of your favorite butts and is sold by Richards Merchandising, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. •
LICORICE has challenging industrial possibilities
Has licorice any value in the treatment of Addison’s disease? Can it be used to enhance the flavor of breakfast foods? Might the active enzymes of licorice root be useful in the control of digestive or nutritional functions? And what could it do for your business? Read the rest of this entry »
Insects Teach Man Secrets of Invention
by Uthai Vincent Wilcox
Amazing inventions perfected by tiny creatures of the insect world have long baffled scientists, who are studying the remarkable accomplishments of “bug” architects, chemists and engineers to find solutions for their scientific problems.
NATURE is, above all, an inventor. She invents new devices, new processes, new ways to meet situations. Many of her amazing inventions are still fascinating mysteries. Scientists know about them, but they are unable adequately to explain them. Read the rest of this entry »
The five dumbest products in America.
There they sit.
Five products with no intelligence whatever.
And you can’t blame the people who made them. Because until now, nobody had the technology to make these products actually think.
So we’ve had cars that can only respond to their drivers’ commands, while they charge inefficiently on.
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She Caught The Bus and found a home. Thelma Burnette of Santa Monica, Calif., wasn’t phased by the housing shortage when she found she could buy a discarded double-decker from the Los Angeles Transit lines for fifty dollars. These pictures show what a bright girl can do with an old bus.
Women of the World
As in his previous film Mondo Cane (A Dogs World), Italian film director Gualtiero Jacopetti has put together a film based on scenes taken in various countries in the 5 continents. Though less fascinating than the earlier film, Women of the World does contain a number of scenes of considerable sexological interest. Read the rest of this entry »
OUR AMAZING NEW MEMORY PILL
BY LESTER DAVID
YOU’RE a businessman with a rough problem to analyze but your brain is fagged and answers don’t come. You slide open your desk drawer, reach for the buff-colored pills, gulp one. The scrambled wits reassemble themselves like magic and soon you’re sharp as a tack again.
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