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...Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the nearest thing to a friend the bill has, called it the "most intricate tax bill ever presented to Congress." At that time it was 96 pages long. By last week it had grown to 489 pages, weighed 1 Ib. 7 oz. without binding, and had progressed from intricacy to metaphysics. Senator La Follette called it "a complicated hodgepodge." Senator Vandenberg called it "an imponderable mess." Said Senator Hiram Johnson of certain sections: "I do not think a Philadelphia lawyer could understand them." Even Pat Harrison made...
...Chicago an 8 Ib. 5¼ oz. daughter (Caesarean) was born to famed infantile paralysis victim Frederick Bernard ("Boiler Kid") Snite Jr. and Teresa Larkin Snite. Shortly before, Snite came out of the iron lung that has kept him alive for four years, was photographed outside his tank for the first time since his illness (see cut). A chest respirator, concealed under his coat and connected to bellows by a tube, kept him going...
...years Fairgoers have gaped at the capsule, gleaming at the bottom of its open well. One day this week, from a huge, hot caldron, 500 Ib. of petroleum pitch, chlorinated diphenyl and mineral oil were poured into the well, to act as a packing indefinitely resistant to moisture and soil acids. On the stroke of noon, the well was sealed. A crowd of spectators bared their heads. A bugle sounded taps. The capsule started on its long journey through time...
Weighing only 115 Ib. (three more than Arleen) including tripod, against 425 Ib. for the old camera not counting its bulky steel undercarriage, as comparatively simple as a Brownie, the new camera had its official unveiling for Fox executives last month at a dinner in the studio commissary. Two complete camera crews (cameraman and two assistants) operated the old and new cameras for their bosses while a stop watch timed the performances. At "go" each crew swung its camera into line, slated the film, checked focus, exposed 45 feet of film, stopped, slated the next "take," made another 45-foot...
...Other great-brain weights: Turgenev, 4.435 Ib.; Byron, 3.98 Ib.; Kant, 3.5 Ib.; Schiller, 3.48 Ib.; Dante, 3.14 Ib.; Anatole France, 2.24 Ib. Average: 3.1 Ib...