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...cylinder made of half-inch galvanized plate. Three feet in diameter and five feet high, it looks like a fat hot-water tank with an escape hatch. In addition to one cramped geologist sitting on a cushioned, red-leather seat, the chamber carries emergency oxygen, communication equipment and testing apparatus. The cylinder will withstand the pressure at a depth of 100 feet. A two-ton lead block attached to the bottom provides stability and a safety factor: the block can be released by turning a handle inside the cell to send the chamber bobbing to the surface...
...weapons by 'keeping the secret of the atomic bomb,'" Mather stated. "Almost all the fundamental scientific principles pertaining to nuclear fission were known to physicists of all countries in 1939. The only secrets of the atomic bomb pertain to the techniques of detonation and the specifications of machinery and apparatus...
...Little Hall fire charred eight feet of wooden flooring and caused about $350 worth of damage on Tuesday morning before hook and ladder apparatus were called...
Question of Self-Respect. Harold Ickes then held a spectacular press conference in the Interior Department's auditorium. His aides, newsmen, photographers and radiomen with recording apparatus swarmed in. In his crusty old voice he made his position doubly clear -either "I had forsworn myself and made false statements under oath or someone else has." He went on the radio: "A man has to live with himself. I have to spend the rest of my life with Harold Ickes and I could no longer, much as I regret it, retain my self-respect and stay in the Cabinet...
...scrapping of judo classes and the adoption of a daily "apparatus and tumbling" practice are the only changes in opportunities, which include basketball, boxing, wrestling, swimming, and conditioning. The same system of checking-in for credit will be retained. New Freshmen who did not pass the physical efficiency tests (65 or over) will, as usual, be required to sign up for at least six weeks of special exercise classes...