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...recent rediscovery of the asteroid Hidalgo by a volunteer observer of the Harvard observatory at Oak Ridge has revived the theory that the body, which has been thought an asteroid may in fact be a comet. The discovery was made by Raymond Boyd a few days ago, previous to which time the flying body had not been seen since...
...Died? Frank Evans Seagrave, 74, astronomer who accurately predicted the reappearance of Halley's comet in 1910, the time and duration of the 1932 total solar eclipse; after an operation for intestinal cancer; in Providence. R. I. In 1882 he made important astronomical news by photographing the transit of Venus...
...fiscal 1934 merely added to the evidence. Liquor retailing has been bitterly competitive and for small stores practically profitless. Big distributors are sagging under the weight of carrying the corner dealer. Even the distillers, always suspect, have found Repeal no gold mine. Few weeks ago National Distillers, stockmarket comet of 1933, hit a new low for the year on the same day that Coca-Cola hit a new high of $136 per share...
...young man. And every faithful and once-faithful Wellsian was glad that these early tales (The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods, In the Days of the Comet} had been reissued, looked forward to recapturing the excitement of their first reading...
...other half of the program is taken up by a very dull portrayal of what would probably happen if a great comet struck the earth...