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...spite of your sneering references to the "cardboard" statesmen, Senators McKellar and Reynolds, the idea of accepting certain islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in part payment of World War I and II debts has a great deal of merit. For once someone is not afraid to remind our gallant allies that there is still a large unpaid balance on some old obligations...
...known as Lower California. . . . There is a large and deep body of water between the peninsula and the mainland of Mexico. In that water a fleet could almost be hidden. . . ." Bob Reynolds had one more little matter to be taken up-Wrangel Island, off the coast of Alaska. The cardboard statesman waxed lyrical as he described the barren, snow-covered island, its possible importance to future air routes. The first landing there was by the U.S. Navy in 1881. "But now," cried Bob Reynolds, "it is my understanding that Russia claims it is her island. Now, while...
...Compos-A-Tune ($3) is an 18 in. by 7 in. cardboard rectangle with 16 twirlable dials arranged in two rows. On the upper eight dials the operator sets any rhythm scheme desired (from countless possible combinations) for the first eight bars of a tune. By twirling the bottom eight dials, and following the directions on them, he then discovers a suitable harmonic progression for the eight bars. Next, by consulting a table on the Compos-A-Tune, he learns what melodic notes harmonize with the chord progression, and can lay out a melody in the rhythm shown...
...found that the boning at the front consisted of three pieces of compressed cardboard. I defy even the most pugnacious cardboard to do anything but follow the shape of the figure it encloses...
...should be made to walk one mile, then stand in a fish queue for an hour. By the end of this time his utility stockings would [droop] from knee to instep in snakelike coils and twists. His corset would have wilted into an uncomfortable, revolting mass of cotton and cardboard. He would find himself supporting the corset, instead of the corset supporting...