July 2, 2010

He Does The Job Painters Hate (Jan, 1956)

He Does The Job Painters Hate

Got a paint brush so hard that you can drive nails with it?
Then you’re the kind of guy who keeps the Paint Brush Laundry busy.

By Benn Ollman

THE Paint Brush Laundry, a unique four-year-old Milwaukee institution, has a slogan—”We Do the Painter’s. Dirty Work”—that carries a potent appeal to a constantly increasing number of home owners, do-it-yourselfers and painting contractors.
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Now It’s FUN To Reduce-Keep Fit-Gain Strength (Nov, 1931)

Now It’s FUN To Reduce-Keep Fit-Gain Strength

. .. in 5 Minutes a Day-at Home!

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EVERYONE realizes the value of DAILY exercise. Heretofore, it has been bothersome, took too much time; too much like work! Read the rest of this entry »

Uncle Sam’s Amazing Warship of the Sky (Sep, 1931)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1931
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Uncle Sam’s Amazing Warship of the Sky

by DR. KARL ARNSTEIN

(Vice President and Chief Engineer, Goodyear Zeppelin Corp.)
As told to JAY EARLE MILLER

The biggest airship in the world, an amazing structure which is veritably a flying battleship, is practically finished and ready for test flights by the U. S. Navy, The man who supervised the design of this warship of the sky reveals here the fascinating mechanical details of its construction.

ABOUT the time this article appears in print the largest lighter-than-air ship ever built—the 6,500,000 cubic feet Akron will be walked out of the world’s largest airship dock, or hangar, for its initial trial flight.

When the Akron takes to the air, the dream of Count Zeppelin—a super-airship capable of taking its place in world commerce—will have been realized. Not that the Akron is such a ship, for it is purely a military craft, a sort of flying battleship, built for scouting work with the fleet at sea, but it contains within it all the essentials which the coming trans-oceanic air liners will need, save actual passenger compartments. Read the rest of this entry »

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