Well they got the timing right. San Jose got to be a very popular place to build a company from the 80′s on.

Be a clock watcher…

like this president who built his new plant in SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA Perhaps you know him. A sign on his office wall reads “Time is money — ours and yours!” This service-conscious president runs his business like clockwork, from ordering the raw materials to shipping the product on a “guaranteed arrival” schedule.
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Movie Star Invents Automatic Fag Vender Like Camera

ACTORS can do other things besides act.

Lew Cody, for instance, blossomed out as a full-fledged inventor when he applied for a patent on an ingenious cigarette vender patterned after a movie camera. One turn of the handle on the camera and a cigarette is ejected from the lens barrel, as demonstrated in the photo at the left.

I guess the Swiffer wasn’t all that original.

When this dust mop pad gets dirty.. .you just throw it away!

The new Bissell Disposable Dust Mop

The secret? … a spun cellulose pad which picks up even elusive threads and hair. Picks up dirt, doesn’t just push it around, like old-fashioned dust mops. And when one side of the pad gets dirty, you just turn it over, use it again… then, throw it away. Read the rest of this entry »

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You and your telephone

ON BEING A WOMAN: DR. JOYCE BROTHERS

Trying to reach a friend by phone the other day, I got the busy signal five times in a row. The first few times I fumed—there’s something about that frustrating buzz that sets my nerves on edge—but by the fourth try I was amused, remembering how, just a few days before, she and I had been on the phone at least half an hour, talking about a party we’d both been to. Read the rest of this entry »

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Wanted: Young Men to Earn BIG MONEY in Television

by ROBERT FRANCIS

The growing industry of television is sounding its call for young men. Here is an article which tells how you can earn $5,000 to $20,000 a year in this new field.

HORACE GREELEY was a wise and sanguine man. Long before the golden West was anything but a riot of natural beauty and a buried treasure of national wealth, he said, “Young man, go west and grow up with the country.” Those young men who heeded his words lived to learn the value of his advice. Read the rest of this entry »

The Cat Man says: “Are you killing your cat with kindness?”

Did you discover his favorite food, and feed him only that? Like plain chicken? Plain tuna? Plain kidneys?

That’s too bad, because it really isn’t good for him. Cats are difficult creatures.

They pick a favorite food, and stick to it. When that happens, they could be in trouble.
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This Novel Martin House Is Built to Resemble Zeppelin

Edited by A. NEELY HALL

BIRDS ought to appreciate this latest design in apartment houses, built to resemble a Zeppelin. To make it, secure nine pieces of one-inch white pine and saw them into 10-sided partitions as shown in the drawing below, the middle partition being 12-1/2 inches in diameter and the others tapering down to 6 inches. Read the rest of this entry »

The CDC 6000 series was designed by Seymour Cray.

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How do you decide who gets priority on your computer?

new 6000 SERIES Systems make “priority” a thing of the past

YOU CAN MAKE EVERYBODY “FIRST IN LINE” — because the new CONTROL DATA® Series 6000 Systems do things differently than any other computers available today. Their massive memory and incredible speed allow simultaneous access by a number of different users with different programs.
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Ten Inventions that Make Housekeeping Easy

One of the leading electrical refrigerator companies has recently developed a rubber ice cube tray in which the water is self leveling. Heretofore the trays used for this purpose have had to be leveled separately.

An electric tie presser for home use is designed to operate from any light socket. The metal form is inserted into the tie, as shown above, and then the device is closed for a few minutes.
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ZENITH presents another HEARING TRIUMPH!

“Challenger”

EYEGLASS HEARING AID at $145

Proof again that model for model, and feature for feature . . . you can’t buy better quality and performance at any price!

Zenith Leadership! Compare the performance and beauty of Zenith’s newest Eyeglass Hearing Aid. Lightweight, no clothing noise or dangling cords. Use the telephone at ear level. Unit available for either ear.

“Both ear” hearing! Ideal for many people .. . buy a unit for each ear for added realism, clarity and direction of sound.

Ten transistorized models! Zenith has a specialized unit for every type of hearing loss correctable electronically… made to meet quality standards that have made Zenith the world’s largest manufacturer of hearing aids.
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Computer system speaks plain English

Computers may be storehouses of information, but to release it they must be addressed in a special language. Now Philips in Holland has devised a system that understands questions in English, so more people have access to the data bank. This gives an organization’s computer far wider use, and points to exciting future developments for home units.
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ALL DRESSED UP and SOME PLACE to GO!

YOUR Uncle Sam is not only a first class fighting man, but he’s the world’s greatest tailor, too.

In addition, he is a haberdasher and style dictator and decides what the best dressed man will wear. Just now, the fashion is running strongly toward uniforms. Uncle Sam’s activities in procuring garments for some 4,000,000 soldiers produces figures which are easy enough to read, but are so huge that no human mind can envision the separate articles.

Take a single item, like wool. If you discover this winter when you buy a suit or overcoat that it isn’t quite up to former standards, remember that one soldier in his first year of service is issued necessary clothing containing a minimum of 200 pounds of wool.
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