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City Councillor Michael A. Sullivan took a few parting shots at his opponent for the Ward 6 seat on the Council, William (Dice Shooting 'Bill') Flanagan, at a rally in Putnam Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sullivan Hits Flanagan and Hecklers; Embraces "Lampy" as Campaign Ends | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

...LIAR DICE-J. S. Mosher-Simon & Schuster ($2). Up-to-date international intrigue around the U. S. Consulate in Tientsin, China, provides a tense background for the double murder of a U. S. businessman, a high Chinese official. Author Mosher knows his China (he was born there, served in the U. S. Consular Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: September Mysteries | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...Holy Oil is not a product of the Sibber tribes of India, and will not assure the users thereof health, wealth, happiness and success. . . . Mintolean Mojou Lucky Oil is not a product of African tribes or of foreign countries, and will not produce luck or have any effect on dice soaked in it. ... Dr. Colbert's House Dressing Balls will not always produce luck, peace, happiness and plenty; or banish discontent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Holy Oil | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...antiknock fuel ingredients, tetraethyl lead and diethyldimethyl lead, and gave them a catalytic nudge, atoms came loose from the molecules and formed new compounds at random-in quantities predictable by the laws of chance. For this reason, popularized versions of the Calingaert research referred to it as a chemical "dice game" or "poker game." Actually, since he deals with trillions of molecules in one operation, the chemist always knows what sort of hand he will draw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Canaries & Ferryboats | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...Sonovox, a sound recording of a waterfall, a vociferating animal, rattling dice or whatnot is fed through wires to two little biscuit-shaped gadgets which are placed on each side of the throat against the larynx. These gadgets transmit the sound vibrations to the larynx, so that the sound comes out of the throat as if produced there. The sound is shaped into speech by mouthing the desired words. Thus a grunting pig, relayed through the human voice-box, can be made to observe: "It's a wise pig who knows his own fodder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sonovox | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

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