This certainly wouldn’t have any problem landing in the Hudson…

THIS PLANE BLOWS UP

BLOW it up and then fly it. That’s all there is to taking off with the new Inflatoplane developed by Goodyear Aircraft Corp. Deflated, the plane can be carried in the back of a station wagon. Wing, tail, assembly and pilot’s seat are made of Airmat—joined layers of inflatable rubber-coated nylon fabric.

The rubber craft can be pumped up in a few minutes and requires less air pressure than is used in four auto tires. A two-cycle, 40-hp engine mounted above the wing powers the little ship, which requires more than 300 ft. to take off. It is said to have a lot of bounce to the ounce.

Tones of New Stringless Cello Generated by Electricity

AN ELECTRIC cello without strings capable of producing tremendous volume and exquisite tone has been invented by Leon Theremin, who is shown in the photo on the left demonstrating how his new instrument is played.

Tones are varied by running the fingers of the left hand up and down the heavy black line which replaces the strings, while the right hand works the pump to control the volume. Read the rest of this entry »

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Clink, Clink, Clink Goes the Trolly

Jack Francis’ whimsical kiddie trolly is clanging along to the tune of merry dollars.

JACK FRANCIS is a dreamer who follows up an idea by saying: “Let’s try it.”

Optimistic as he is, even Francis thought his idea for a kids’ trolly was a bit zany. While he rode around on his motorcycle, doing his job as a traffic officer for the city of Oakland, Calif., he kept thinking about building a little trolly car.

In his work with traffic safety, Francis had plenty of experience with youngsters. He loves children and, with the trolly car scheme he had in mind, he thought he had something that would make them happy. But he had three problems: no money to build it, no place to operate it, and no time to undertake such a project. Read the rest of this entry »

The 60’s were a tough time for Professor Xavier. He had to take whatever work he could get.

GETTING BALD?

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STOP LOSING YOUR HAIR – DAND-R-X your hair & scalp Nationally Advertised Since 1945 DOCTOR’S AMAZING DISCOVERY FOR HAIR AND SCALP. (Aid to improve condition of scalp and hair growth). Why spend hundreds of dollars and time visiting fancy offices for treatment? This doctor’s amazing discovery may be used in the PRIVACY OF YOUR HOME — IN A FEW MINUTES — ONLY ONCE A WEEK — made from a SPECIALISTS PRESCRIPTION. Read the rest of this entry »

LOL cat caption contest?

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MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST

$10 Award ………………Bavarians By John H. Livingstone, Carmel, Calif. Rolleiflex camera. Plus X film. Ml at 1/100 sec. exposure.

$10 Award………………..Tea Time Taken with a 4×5 Speed Graphic; two flashbulbs with Panchro Press film, 1 /200th at f-22. Peter L. Klawson, Kalamazoo, Mich. Read the rest of this entry »

Then dry with a kerosene heater!

Gasoline Brightens Car Carpets
AFTER removing the dust from the floor carpets of your car by beating or by use of the vacuum cleaner, you can brighten them up by rubbing their surface with a sponge that has been dampened with gasoline. Best results are obtained by not having the sponge too wet.

No Arms yet he enjoys the sport of bowling and even hung up a score of 96 at duckpins on his very first try in a Washington, D. C, bowling alley. The ingenious device is the invention of Harold A. Carlson, 45, who lost both arms as a youth in a railroad accident. He is shown above all set to swing a duck ball down the lane for a strike. A rubber suction cup, attached to his arm prothesis, holds the ball. At the proper part of the swing, a trip device lets the ball go. Carlson says that all parts for the invention were bought at variety and bicycle stores.

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Best Mechanics will Win if U.S. Fights Japan

War clouds brewing in the Pacific point to the day when America may become involved in battle with Japan. Nobody is eager for such a war, but if it ever comes the result will be decided by war machines built by American and Japanese mechanics—two fundamentally different types of genius. Read this keen analysis from the pen of a noted naval expert.

by LIEUT. JOHN EDWIN HOGG
U. S. Naval Reserve

AS THESE lines are written international diplomats are gathered together at Geneva. They are assembled at the world’s first general disarmament conference, ostensibly to work out a plan for preventing armed conflicts between nations. The God of War looks down from a neighboring planet upon a world bristling with every possible device for killing the greatest number of people with the least effort. And in Shanghai war rages between Japanese and Chinese troops. Read the rest of this entry »

Nuxated Iron Makes Strong, Vigorous, Iron Men and Beautiful, Healthy, Rosy Cheeked Women

Dr. Howard James, late of the Manhattan State Hospital of New York and formerly Assistant Physician Brooklyn State Hospital, says:

“Iron is absolutely necessary to enable your blood to change food into living tissue. Without it, no matter how much or what you eat, your food merely passes through you without doing you any good. Read the rest of this entry »

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MI’s Wonderful Car-Boat

Turbine-powered cruiser of the future travels on either highway or waterway.

SOME DAY in the near future a long, sleek car with a bubble canopy will drive down to the water’s edge and then splash right in. Once afloat, its wheels will retract and the driver, shifting from gears to a jet thrust; w Read the rest of this entry »

Huh? Someone want to explain the headline?

GUARDING AGAINST “SUPER-ENTHUSIASTS”

One of the Armed Police Boats

These gasoline police launches, carrying machine guns and trained operators, now are scurrying back and forth in the waters of New York Harbor. Over one hundred veterans of the Spanish-American war-members of the force—are detailed to this duty, which is guarding the wharves and shipping against a repetition of the disastrous explosions and fires of the past few months. Read the rest of this entry »

Swimming Strokes Taught From Outboard Powered Raft

AN OUTBOARD powered swimming raft was the unique means employed by Johnny Weismuller at Miami Beach, Florida, during the past season to teach beginners the theory and practice of the new swimming strokes. The pupil is swung between the U-shaped opening of the raft in a canvas belt, and as the craft moves about under power of the motor the novice goes through the proper strokes as demonstrated to him by Weismuller.

Two outstanding advantages of the scheme are that the swimmer is always held at the right level in the water and that he easily learns the forward motion—the hardest of all to learn in swimming. The raft is also used as a marker or turning buoy in swimming races.