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...famed "Lahore the Golden," capital of the Punjab, ancient seat of the Mogul Sultan "Akbar the Magnificent," there stood on a muddy sidewalk last week, with a grin of amazement and recognition on his round red face, His Majesty's Mr. Constable Sean O'Rourke...
...Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley are many ancient companies. Some have shared in the general decline of New England industries, but the copper and brass manufacturers thrive above all others, produce 70% of U. S. fabricated brass. In 1922 Anaconda Copper Mining Co. reached into this region, bought American Brass Co. Later Kennecott absorbed Chase Brass & Copper Co. Last week Scovill Manufacturing Co., most venerable of all the Valley's brass companies, figured in a deal, but, absorbing instead of being absorbed, continued an expansion policy in buying A. Schrader's Sons, Inc. of Brooklyn...
...Less ancient than Scovill, but still old by U. S. standards, is the Schrader concern. In 1844 August Schrader started making diving suits and air pumps, a business that brought him into contact with many of the early rubber experimenters. After making moulds for Dr. Charles Goodyear, Founder Schrader began to manufacture a variety of metal parts for rubber products. When pneumatic tires were made for bicycles he introduced a new valve, now used on 85% of automobile tires. Other Schrader products include metal parts for hot water bottles and footballs, tire pressure gauges, air-hose fittings, valve tools...
...What is that which is fourfooted, three-footed and two-footed?" That horrendous bogey, the ancient Theban Sphinx, who had the face of a woman, the feet and tail of a lion, and the wings of a bird, ate up the Thebans who could not guess her riddle.* Smart Oedipus answered her: Man, who goes on allfours as a baby, on two legs as an adult, on two legs and a cane in old age. Whereupon the vexed Sphinx threw herself from a mountain...
Professor A. M. Tozzer '00 was elected president of the American Anthropological Association in the twenty-eighth annual meeting of that association, held in Poughkeepsie, New York, during the Christmas recess. Professor Tozzer is chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard at the present time. His work among ancient ruins in Latin America has gained him international renown. During the Mexican border trouble in 1914, Professor Tozzer was under fire at Vera Cruz, where he was conducting research work. He is the holder of three degrees from Harvard University...