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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Scoring nine runs in the second inning after Tufts had scored five in the first, the Jayvees fought to a 14-6 victory yesterday on Soldiers Field. Proctor Avon, the Crimson hurler, held the Jumbos to eight hits, and allowed them only one run after the hectic initial frame. Coach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BALL TEAM FACES HOLY CROSS AT WORCESTER | 5/1/1937 | See Source »

Last week electric eels made news when from Belem, Brazil it was reported that a party of U. S. scientists had caught one 3 ft. long with a potential of 380 volts, more than triple the common U. S. house current. Electric eels have produced up to 500 volts. Local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Electric Eel | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

Du Pont has manufactured insecticides (Bordeaux Mixture, Calcium Arsenate, Dutox, Spreader & Sticker, Lime Sulphur Solution) since 1929. Its new laboratory is devoted to war on all sorts of pests- insects, fungi, worms, bacteria, weeds, rodents, marine plants, marine animals- and claims therefore to be unique. On its staff are two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Du Pont v. Pests | 4/19/1937 | See Source »

"It would have been foolhardy to compete with established firms along the conventional recording lines. Therefore it was necessary to seek out new names and, especially, new musical material to create new interest in phonograph records." So said Managing Director Irving Mills of Master Records, Inc. (TIME, March 22) last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Freak Draw | 4/19/1937 | See Source »

Uberrima Fides. Widow Green's lawyers answered that the prenuptial agreement is not valid because 1) it was not properly executed; 2) under Texas law such a pact is against public policy of the State; 3) circumstances which attended the signing render it invalid. Under the doctrine of uberrima...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Green Grist | 4/19/1937 | See Source »

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