This looks like something out of a cartoon. I want one.

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Wheels WITHOUT Wheels

WHEELS whirred wonderingly in the fertile imagination of Greek inventor Elie Aghnides, 14 years ago, as he contemplated the bull-like tactics of a caterpillar tractor muscling dirt around in New York City’s Central Park. Inventor Aghnides, best known for his Aerator water faucet attachment, was unhappy as he thought about the tremendous horsepower that was wasted by these tracked vehicles. Read the rest of this entry »

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For women with more exciting things to do than scrub floors:

ONE-STEP FLOOR CARE

It cleans and waxes at the same time!

New-formula One-Step combines ammonia and detergents for extra cleaning power . . . plus tough wax for a bright, long-lasting shine. Cuts your work in half, saves you time!

By the maker of Armstrong FLOORS

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ADVENTURES of the POISON SQUAD

by James Nevin Miller

IN THE city of White Plains, N. Y., not so long ago, more than 700 people suddenly were stricken with a mysterious ailment. City authorities thought the case was food poisoning. But just what kind, puzzled them. True enough, it was learned that all the victims had eaten chocolate eclairs, cream puffs or Boston cream pies. However, none of the custard-filled pastries appeared to be “spoiled” although it was suspected that contaminated custard filling might have been the source of the poisoning. Read the rest of this entry »

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The HOUSE that RUNS ITSELF

WITH a mechanical “heart” that runs everything necessary for comfortable living, the “packaged home” no longer is a dream. Right now, a limited number can be delivered to owners in a giant truck, unwrapped from their Cellophane covers, set up and anchored to foundations in about two weeks—real homes, solidly built and fireproofed. Read the rest of this entry »

More Than a Million In Daily Use

Chevrolet is the world’s most popular quality car. More than a million are in constant use for almost every transportation requirement.

Add to this broad utility, its well-known economy of operation, modern equipment and design, quality features, and low prices and you have the reasons for Chevrolet’s unprecedented growth.
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What College Students Should Learn About Sex

A leading sex educator attacks the hypocrisy that keeps college students ignorant

By WARREN R. JOHNSON, Ed.D.

The college student of today is the intellectual leadership of the future. He will become the professional person of tomorrow: the teacher, physician, counselor, nurse, lawyer or minister to whom our society will turn for guidance. Only when viewed in the light of his enormous social significance in the future can the importance of his sex education, if any, be properly weighed.
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Rail Detectives Victors in War on Crime

WHERE are the James boys and the “Bill” Daltons of yesteryear? What has become of the picturesque train robber who, with a gun in each hand and his eyes boring his victims from above a black silk handkerchief, backed away to his pony, Hung the Wells Fargo pouch of gold across his saddle bow, cut loose with a parting volley of bullets, and galloped off across the prairie trails to lead pursuing posses through nights of hard and fruitless riding? Read the rest of this entry »

When was the last time you saw a cigarette ad featuring an old person?

Land Sakes! I do believe I’ll try one
..for one thing

Chesterfield is the cigarette that’s Milder

..for other thing Chesterfield is the cigarette that Tastes Better

Periscope Reveals the Interior of a Locked Bank Vault

THE “Tresoroskop,” a periscope-like device that has just been perfected in Germany is shown in demonstration above. It is especially designed for use in safe deposit vaults, and installed therein will be invisible to occupants of the vaults. It will also be useful to watchmen outside of the walls, who can look through it from the outside and inspect the vault without entering or unlocking the doors.

RAISE POULTRY for HEALTH

Poultry raising offers you pleasure and profit combined with exercise and fresh air; we are helping many poultry raisers to health and profit and can help you, too. Only correspondence course indorsed by leading agricultural colleges. Write quick for free book “How to Raise Poultry for profit.”
THE NATIONAL POULTRY INST., INC., Dept. 323, Washington, D. C.

PERFORM AMAZING EXPERIMENTS WITH SPACE-AGE SOLAR CELLS

BY INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER

Here’s the Newest Electronic Science Kits! They’re Powered by the Sun!*

7 Lab Models… up to 75 Experiments!

Exclusive Master Control Panel on every lab. Indicator scope, galvanometer, signal buzzer, power switch, push-button switches. Read the rest of this entry »

How Power Impulses Keep Electric Clocks Accurate

WHY does an electric clock keep perfect time? Some of the so-called electric timekeepers are nothing but standard spring-driven clocks, equipped with an electric motor and a device to turn on the current at regular intervals and wind the spring. But others have no spring, no clock works, in the usual sense, and do not, as a matter of fact, either measure or keep time, yet they are always accurate. Read the rest of this entry »