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ROCKET PLANE POWERED BY 86 GUN BARRELS
A STANDARD type plane which can be made into a rocket-propelled machine by equipping it with gun-barrel attachments is shown in the picture at the left. The machine is the invention of Maurice Poirier of Burbank, Cal. Regular gasoline motors are used in the plane in addition to the rockets. There are 86 gun barrels attached to the fuselage of the plane, and the concussion resulting from explosions in the tubes is expected to give the plane a speed of 400 miles an hour.
The Maker of “Different” Automobiles
by Jay Earle Miller
“Let’s be different” is the working motto behind the brilliant success of E.L. Cord, maker of Auburn and Duesenberg and the Cord front-wheel drive automobiles. He has made this slogan pay to such a degree that at 35 he is not only a leading auto builder, but a prominent figure in aviation and other industries as well. The story of Cord’s rise, as told here by Mr. Miller, is not only a fascinating tale of success, but one crammed with common sense philosophy. Read the rest of this entry »
And now this tech has progressed to the point where the limiting factor is the speed of light.
High Speed Stock Tickers to Ease Record Market Days
THE Western Union is spending $4,500,000 in an effort to speed up stock quotation service. The task is the largest in quotation service history and is the culmination of three years of labor, six months’ training of personnel in schools
of five cities, the construction of 5,000 city to city wiring and circuit channels in 350 cities and towns in the North American continent. High speed tickers have been ordered at a cost of $2,500,000 to be rented to brokers in the United States.
Tartar doesn’t worry me!
NOW I CLEAN INSIDE WITH Tek Tooth Brush
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Johnson + Johnson
Drama-print is coming!
Drama-print is a cross-product promotion that moves your related items with four-color, true-color appeal .
Drama-print is a premium promotion in living color that draws a crowd.
Drama-print is a tasteful, table-ready carton that brightens up a meal.
Drama-print can be your promotable difference. Remember the name… Drama-print.
Weyerhaeuser
Paperboard Packaging Division
100 South Wacker, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
YOUR NEW PHONE
TELEPHONE subscribers will soon be getting a new, small-size phone like the one shown at left. The set will be offered in several colors and, later, in two models. The first model will feature a combined night-light and dial-light. The second model will have a two-line pick-up with a hold button for the first line and provision for use with home-intercommunication and speakerphone systems. Quantity production of the novel telephones is expected to begin in 1960. •
That is a very large belt buckle she’s got there.
This is a Dan-Press girl slaving over her wrap-around dress on ironing day.
Dan-Press the permanent press fabric that you iron… never. Dan-Press does it for you. It’s the permanent press fabric from Dan River that lets you forget about ironing. Be a Dan-Press girl. Look for the fabric hangtag that says “you iron… never!” You’ll see the next time you take a “just washed” Dan-Press fashion from the dryer, the wrinkle is dead and Dan-Press did it.
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Veteran Boston Detective Has This Unique Clock
MORRIS WOLF, a veteran detective of the Boston, Mass., police force, received a very strange time-keeper on his 68th birthday. Detective Wolf was presented with a clock of many faces by his children. This clock contains, in place of figures, the photo likenesses of his twelve grandchildren. Read the rest of this entry »
Plans for Making a Racing Razor Blade Iceboat
By T. S. ASGAARD
RAZOR blades, box wood, and an old flour sack are the materials used in building this simple, fast and sure sailing iceboat. Balanced so that she will sail herself in all winds not strong enough to tip her, it will be found that this style boat is the answer to those boys who have often tried to make a workable miniature iceboat, only to find that the balance was wrong, that the thing was too heavy, or that it would not steer. Read the rest of this entry »
WHEN YOUR TV PICTURE “ACTS UP”
Here’s one thing a woman can do about TV repairs
Fine quality tubes are essential for the best and clearest TV pictures and sound. However, just as your electric light bulbs wear out… TV and Radio tubes gradually lose their strength and need to be replaced.
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