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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Butadiene rubber itself is not new. It is the same in composition as the noisily touted German synthetic rubber called "Buna." But the German product is made from acetylene (a product of limestone and coal) in five complicated stages and its price is around 60? a pound. Inventor Egloff estimates...
Sailing for Scotland on his annual grouse-shooting junket, cob-nosed John Pierpont Morgan groused: "If they start war, certainly my shooting will be interrupted, because everybody would rush off to do what they'd have to do and I wouldn't have anybody with me." Also sailing...
His prayer over, Mr. Eddy walked out. Senator Harry W. Bolens, 75, who is famed for taking catnaps at his desk, rose like a pillar of fire, asked if Mr. Eddy were a "Christian gentleman," said: "I hope we never invite him to come again into the company of decent...
What some old-line Texas Democrats questioned, however, was the precise color of Mr. Howe's political complexion. His father was a stand-pat Republican. His Atchison Globe is still Republican. Moreover, Texas folk are still quoting a public address Gene Howe made two years ago when, kidding on...
At St. Andrews, royal & ancient cradle of golf, only three U. S. golfers were among the 240 who teed up their balls last week in the 74th British Open, world's No. 1 golf tournament. But when the field narrowed down to two, one of the finalists was an...