Word: divericate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...novelty, but hardly a stunt, in radiocasting was turned loose upon the air by Station WIP, the Gimbel Brothers store in Philadelphia. A diver was sent down to the ocean bottom at Atlantic City. A telephone in his helmet was attached to a cable connected with the shore. Here there was an amplifier connected by telephone with the broadcasting station in Philadelphia. From the scientific standpoint there was nothing very difficult in this achievement...
...really deep diver must wear a metal helmet, and either a specially-built rigid suit or else get used to one or two atmospheres excess air pressure in his breathing supply. A heavy tire may need a pressure of 100 lbs, which is not quite seven atmospheres...
...Toulon in the south of France a diver, who was working on the submerged wreck of the cruiser Liberté, was attacked by a huge octopus. The account reads: "The diver, Jean Negri, fought desperately with the monster under water for some time. He was finally able to free one arm and plunge his trident into its body. The octopus held fast. Negri gave the signal to be hauled up. When his companions saw the writhing monster emerge they were panic-stricken, but the plight of their comrade appeared so serious that they went to his aid and cut the brute...
SEVENTH HEAVEN?Helen Menken injects a great thrill into the slums of Paris with aid of a depraved sister, a romantic sewer diver, and Eloise, a taxicab with three cylinders in the grave...
...Carpet. Captain Mildred Olsen, of the Salvation Army, received a summons to appear before Commander Evangeline Booth, at Lake George, N. Y., and explain her conduct in bobbing her hair. Captain Olsen is 25, an expert swimmer and diver. Commander Booth's niece, Mary Booth, had her hair bobbed in France during the period of her War work. She was condemned by General Bramwell Booth to stay away from the front until her hair grew long again. Will the decision of the Commander differ from that of the General...