NOW FOR $75. THE WATCH THAT REPLACES EVERYTHING.
Introducing Casio’s newest, the C-80 Calculator Chronograph. A watch that figures to replace a lot of other watches. And calculators. And stopwatches.
In fact, it even replaces the age-old myth that a timepiece loaded with talent has to be expensive. Read the rest of this entry »
When the Bride is Not a Virgin
What should a bridegroom do when he discovers his bride’s past? By Helen K. Branson, M.A.
“I just found out last night that my fiancee is not a virgin!” The young man before me was earnest. “Now that I know this, do you think that we should marry? Will I ever be able to trust her?”
I knew the young man well, for he was a member of a premarital counseling group sponsored by my husband and me at our church. I knew, too, that this couple shared many common interests and similar points of view. I also had learned through earlier private counseling that his proposed bride had gone through a period of sexual experimentation. Read the rest of this entry »
Languages Now Taught by X-Ray
Remarkable Action Photos of Vocal Organs Disclose Secrets of Speech That Long Have Baffled Anatomists
By GEORGE H. DACY
A GOLD chain many times thinner than a watch chain, a set of X-ray photographs, and a few ingenious devices have just solved secrets of human speech that have baffled anatomists for centuries. The photographs on this page are of human subjects talking a foreign language. Read the rest of this entry »
PROGRESS AND DISCOVERY
Boring a Tunnel 9,000 Feet Up Completing a cogwheel railway up the Zugspitz, highest peak in the German Alps, workmen are driving a tunnel into the mountain at a height of 9,000 feet. Each day they travel to their job by cableway. Above: The lofty tunnel entrance, looking from within. At right: A view of the entrance in the mountain wall. Read the rest of this entry »
King Tote… Ford
America’s best MPG Van. King-size payioad, king-size economy.
Ford vans are built tough. 1980 models can take up to 2,300 kg (5,070 lbs.—of payload—more than last year on most models). They’re built for spacious comfort. Out-front engine design means plenty of move-around room for driver and passengers.
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Amateur PICK POCKETS Study in CRIME College
Scaltiel, “master thief” of stage, reveals secrets of light-fingered gentry who operate throughout the world depriving victims of their valuables.
PERHAPS there is no stranger profession than that of Scaltiel, master thief and the smoothest pickpocket of them all, but who is as honest as the day is long, practicing his talents for the entertainment of theater goers and who now reveals the innermost secrets of the schools for the training of pickpockets. Read the rest of this entry »
World’s Largest Binoculars
A HUGE pair of binoculars, pictured below, believed to be the largest in the world, were placed on exhibit at the optical congress at Northampton Polytechnic, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Enemy Weapons are Enemies Still
By DAVID P. McNAMARA
ON A peaceful street in Brooklyn, nearly a year after the war had ended, eight American boys were badly wounded when a German 20-mm. shell exploded.
The shooting is not over yet for many of the German pistols, Italian bullets and Jap grenades that souvenir-hunting GIs brought home. Those Brooklyn boys “got theirs” from a shell that they had found in a junkyard, pried apart with a nail, and ignited with a match. Read the rest of this entry »
Octagonal Hangar Houses Planes Without Waste Space
WHENEVER a new aviation field or airdrome is planned there always arises the problem as to the type of hangar which should be erected. If the aviation field is planned for a small town or for a limited number of planes the problem is simple but when a modern airdrome with unlimited aerial traffic is contemplated, conditions are different. Read the rest of this entry »
IT’S A LONG CLIMB
This is the tallest fire-department aerial ladder made in America. It’s 100 feet to the top, but so rigid is the slender steel cantilever structure that there is little noticeable sway and no nip. Hydraulic jacks on each side of the new-style truck brace it against the pavement and supply a broader base. Hydraulic pressure puts the ladder up and takes it down. Read the rest of this entry »
West Claims Most Beautiful Filling Station in the Entire World
Dispensers of gasoline and oil at filling stations have come a long way from the day when a gasoline pump at the wayside or curb was considered sufficient to meet the demands of the public. Most filling stations are now artistically designed but it remains for Los Angeles to claim the most beautiful filling station in the world. This station of spotless tile and stone is as immaculate as a bath room. The attendants are garbed in pure white and all of the fittings are kept in excellent condition. The station is located on Wilshire boulevard.
SEE WHAT MIGHTY MECHANICAL MARVELS YOU CAN BUILD WITH The Great New ERECTOR
Hello Boys!
Take a good look at that giant power plant! You build it yourself with the great new Erector. Piece by piece you construct its massive steel frame. Assemble its enormous flywheel, pistons and governor. Mount its big, shining boilers. Then you hook up the powerful Erector reversible electric engine and it throbs with action.
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