House Of Salt Withstands Elements
THE crystal-like structure which houses the Information Bureau at the Texas Centennial is formed from rock salt. More than 20 tons of salt were mined from the Dallas salt dome and transported by truck to the Centennial grounds where workmen laid the rocks in place to form the unusual building. Engineers who were in charge of its construction claim the salt will defy all elements for at least two years. Their claims were well substantiated recently when a 2-inch rainfall failed to shrink the building or weaken any of its masonry.

New Motorized Office and Hotel For Traveling Executive

A COMPLETE executive office and comfortable living quarters have been combined into a single motor bus body by Fred D. Martin, an executive of a linen supply firm in the Southwest. He uses the vehicle to visit the branches of the company in which he is interested, thus being able to conduct routine business while en route.
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Housewife Washes Clothes by Pedaling Bike Belted to Wash Machine

FEMININE ingenuity in the field of mechanics is demonstrated in the case of a Baltimore housewife who devised what might be called a novel bicycle-motor for turning her washing machine. She simply removed the rear tire from the bike, mounted the rear axle on a wooden upright, and belted the wheel to the pulley of her washer. Read the rest of this entry »

Airplanes May Replace Cannon in Laying Telegraph Wire

CANNON have been used for many years to send a line or rope across an impassable barrier. Harpoons with ropes attached are shot into whales. The Life Saving Stations use cannon to send lines from shore to ships stranded in low water. However, in both of these cases the distance to the target has always been comparatively short and thus the effectiveness of the cannon for this purpose has been limited.
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DREAD Sleeping Sickness Baffles Science

AN ENEMY so tiny that it cannot be detected by the most powerful microscope is giving medical science one of the greatest battles of its historic career. And thus far science can not claim the victory.

The enemy is the mysterious transmission agency responsible for the spread of the strange malady of sleeping sickness or “encephalitis” because it attacks the “encephalon,” or brain. The epidemic in St. Louis, Mo., and its suburbs is the largest outbreak the country has ever known. Read the rest of this entry »

$13,000,000 Deal Made By Phone

AN OPERATOR in the exchange of the New York Telephone Company placed a call to Stockholm, Sweden, which resulted in the closing of a $13,000,000 deal, although she did not know it until after completing connections. The call, originating in the offices of a New York bank, verified the delivery of certain sums to interested parties in both New York and Stockholm. Read the rest of this entry »

Take that creationists!

Fish Gills on Man Prove Evolution
A MAN with gill slits on his neck like a fish has been discovered in Germany and was examined recently by physicians and biologists at the University Clinic at Heidelberg. No “pre-natal influence” or other mystery is involved, the scientists agreed, but merely a “throw-back” to the condition of mankind’s fish-like and frog-like ancestors millions of years ago in evolution. A few human beings have been born with ape tails.

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New Inventions Make Life Easy for the Housewife

The balloon tire has found a place with the newest furniture. The chaise lounge, shown above, equipped with small pneumatic tires, is now being widely used in homes and hospitals, where it affords greater comfort to invalids. Tire pump used for inflation.
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Cast-off Shoes Make Tires for “Rough Rider” Bicycle
IF YOU don’t know what to do with your old shoes, here’s a suggestion—make bike wheels out of them. No less a unique stunt has been performed by Marie Glory, a well-known Parisian bicycling enthusiast, as the photo at left shows. The regular wheel has been dispensed with altogether, and the “shoe wheel” substituted.
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Edison Raps Crude Inventions

“INVENTORS go off half-cocked on too many things,” said Thomas A. Edison recently, criticizing American haste in placing on the market too many inventions which have not been thoroughly tested and perfected. His statement was general, and he made no reference to any particular invention.

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Diving Two Miles in an “Egg-Laying” Bombing Plane

THRILLS are commonplace for William H. McAvoy, test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va.

But “Daredevil Bill” probably will not forget in a hurry the events of the other day when he was called upon to test the sensational single-motored bombing plane just developed by Glenn L. Martin.
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