Word: clay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...building nearby, the inventor's oldtime laboratory, every plank and gadget of which had been brought to Dearborn, Mich., from Menlo Park, N. J. Ruminantly chewing tobacco as he inspected, Edison scuffed the dirt floor with his toe. "Why, Henry's even got that damn New Jersey clay here," he marveled. There later was to be staged the feature performance-Inventor Edison working by oil lamp over his old bench, tinkering with his old tools, fabricating a replica of the first incandescent electric lamp, switching on the current, seeing the wires glow yellow, then shambling over...
...deep. The difference in depth means thousands of dollars of savings to Mr. Armstrong and his financiers on the 3½ inch steel cable he is having laid to hold his floating island to its anchors. Those anchors are to be huge round bobbins which will dig into red clay of the submerged plateau and hold the seadrome from drifting. By next fall and before Bermuda's 1930-31- tourist season begins Mr. Armstrong expects to have the Langley completed and anchored in place, ready to receive tourist planes and to entertain travelers on man's newest conquest...
Career: His natural talents elevated him to the point of owning a bank. Meanwhile he took to politics, became private secretary to the late Senator Alexander Stephens Clay. After the death of Senator Clay Banker Harris was elected to the State Senate without opposition, presently became State Democratic Chairman. His opportunity came in 1912. He was one of the original Wilson men of Georgia, ran the state campaign of that year. In the White House, Woodrow Wilson made him Director of the Census Bureau, later put him on the Federal Trade Commission, of which he became chairman. In 1918 Senator...
...generally conceded that Karel Kozeluh and Vincent Richards would meet in the finals as they do in all U. S. Professional tournaments, whether played on boards, clay, or grass. The other pros who played them in their respective divisions of the draw failed to take many games. Howard Kinsey, who ranked in the first ten as an amateur, did well when he won 13 from Kozeluh in three sets. Paul Hesten, in the other semifinal, lost to Richards more quickly...
Died. Samuel Clay Hildreth, 63, famed oldtime turfman; in Manhattan; after an operation to correct intestinal disorders...