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TRAPPING ENEMY SPIES

by THOMAS M. JOHNSON

Author of “Our Secret War” and “Without Censor”

“A SPY simply must communicate with his master,” the foremost American hunter of spies told me. Then he added, fervently; “Thank God!”

For the very act of sending his precious stolen information to the country he serves, places the war time spy in deadly danger. The “spy wireless” by which he sends it, is his strength only if it be safely hidden; once discovered, it is his weakness, betraying him to death at dawn before a firing squad. Through that fatal weakness, American spy hunters recently have detected an astounding number of spies for foreign countries, here among us, stealing our defense secrets. Read the rest of this entry »

The Andy Gard Home Voice Recorder

IT’S NEW! IT’S REVOLUTIONARY! IT’S ELECTRONIC!

A NEW FASCINATING RECORDING HOBBY
Only $14.95

NOW! FOR THE FIRST TIME!

You can cut your own records in the privacy of your own home! If you now have a phonograph, send for this extra recording equipment for some of the most enjoyable moments of your life. Put your voice on records, or Dad’s or Mom’s, or your friend’s. Make a recording of baby sister or brother and save it for posterity. Have fun at parties, or in the classroom. Read the rest of this entry »

Why would this be better than radio? Isn’t radio already a “fog penetrating light”?

Interestingly this kind of thing is currently being considered, but for wireless networking, though an important distinction being that it is done inside a room, not in the open.

Television Programs Sent on Light Beams

TELEVISION transmitted on a light beam, opening the way to a new era in the art of broadcasting, has been successfully demonstrated at Schenectady, N. Y. by Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson, noted radio engineer.

In the laboratory tests, instead of the electric impulses being fed into the radio transmitter as heretofore, they were modulated into high frequencies on a light beam from a high-intensity arc. Read the rest of this entry »

Programmable calculator features accessory ports

A new hand-held calculator I’ve been trying has features—plug-in peripheral slots, scrolling alphanumeric display, “musical” beep-boop sounds— that are familiar to users of typewriter-size personal computers [PS, Nov. '79]. But in a pocket programmable, Hewlett-Packard’s new 41C, these features and others add up to exceptional versatility.
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Salesman Hoists Auto Nine Stories to Reach Prospect

WHEN Edward Horton, stage and talkie star, would not grant an interview to Ralph Johnson, Los Angeles automobile salesman, who wanted to sell Horton a car, the salesman tried various means of reaching the star. He was persistently put off and couldn’t even get Horton to look at his car. Being reared in the Go-Getter School for Salesmen, Johnson solved his problem. He had his car hoisted to the ninth floor window of Horton’s hotel and there he put over a sales talk that, coupled with the appearance of the car, sold the actor the job.

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Getting there is half the fun!

Autumn is ideal for your visit to Europe… when Britain and the Continent are at their sparkling, uncrowded best… and ideal, too, for a gay, relaxing ocean voyage! When you go Cunard, each day at sea and each brilliant, enchanted evening is a glorious new adventure shared with interesting companions amid all the comforts of a great seaside resort. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the kind of equipment lawyers dream of.

Strange Shapes for Play

Unconventional and modern playground equipment has been developed in Ulm, Germany, by architect Joachim Kimpel. A 10-year study of children’s methods and behavior at play by the architect, a gardener and a psychologist led to the redesigning of recreational equipment for climbing, spinning, balancing and swinging.
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Electronically New…

PORTABLE CLOCK RADIO also serves as alarm. Button under thumb causes light (arrow) to illuminate clock or radio dial. Earphone jack provides quiet listening. Six-transistor circuit has push-pull output. Comes in tan or blue case. Toshiba Model 6TC-485. Clock radio is priced at $59.95 from Transistor World Corporation, 52 Broadway, New York City 4, N.Y.
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Smaller and more convenient.. but just as safe

American Express Travelers Cheques have been made smaller, more compact, and less bulky. No larger than the palm of your hand, enough of this safe and worry-proof “money” for a long journey will fit daintily into a woman’s handbag, taking up no more than a compact’s worth of space. Or slide snugly into a man’s inside pocket like a card-case.
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The City – Design for Living

by Lewis Mumford

The city as a purely physical fact has been subject to numerous investigations. But what is the city as a social institution? The earlier answers to these questions, in Aristotle, Plato and the Utopian writers from Sir Thomas More to Robert Owen have been on the whole more satisfactory than those of the more systematic sociologists. Most contemporary treatises on “urban sociology” in America throw no important light upon the problem.
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Salesmen Beware!

This photo of the model Winchester (p. 146, Feb. ’52 S&M) was taken with an antique box camera and I couldn’t get as close as I’d like to. I used a powdered graphite method for the blued steel effect on the wooden model and it sure made the breech shine in the fading sun. I am now ambitiously looking forward to the Colt .44 as the next wooden gun project. That sign at the entrance of the driveway really works—no more bother with insurance, magazine, or other salesmen.

Guernsey Farm – Charles A. Wegner
Pittsville, Wisconsin

You shouldn’t have tipped your hand, Charlie. Next thing you know you’ll have some salesman trying to sell you powdered graphite . . .