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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Readers of this journal will recall the interesting account that appeared some time ago of the experiments in which pieces of toast and marmalade were dropped on various samples of carpet arranged in order of quality from coir [coconut fiber] matting to the finest Kirman rugs; the marmalade-downwards incidence was found to vary directly with the quality of the carpet . . . Gonk's Hypothesis, formulated by our own Professor Gonk, of the Cambridge Trichological Institute, states that a subject who has rubbed a wet shaving brush over his face before applying the cream cannot, however long and furiously...
...president of Querétaro's Chamber of Commerce; John Herbert, English owner of Querétaro's ice factory, and three other businessmen and lawyers. All were followers of Father Salvador García, the Querétaro priest who organized the first pilgrimage 57 years ago...
...years ago the Ontario Northland Railway called on chefs of the province for a typical Ontario dish to set before tourists. First prize went to a thrifty meat pie (rabbit, chicken or beef). Saskatchewan ran the same kind of contest, finally gave the first prize to a doughy chicken turnover. In cattle-conscious Alberta a third competition ended up with an old standby: a king-sized steak...
Frank Stranahan of Toledo, who won the British Amateur golf championship five weeks ago (TIME, June 7), got some friendly advice from an unexpected source. After being presented to King George VI, he reported, "The King told me he thought I turned my left hand too far over when I grip the club...
Airman-Movieman Howard Hughes, who claims that the United Aircraft Corp. was responsible for his near-fatal plane crash two years ago (their propellers were faulty, he charges), set a value of $250,000 on the damages to himself, $238,000 on damages to his Hughes Tool...