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...Muncie, Ind. for a State Convention of the Loyal Order of Moose. Past Moose Director General James John Davis, long-time (1921-30) Secretary of Labor, and now Senator from Pennsylvania, recalled that Muncie's George Alexander Ball, millionaire fruit jar manufacturer, had 40 years ago let a "young, broke and discouraged'' jobseeker sleep on straw beside a warm boiler. To Muncie's Ball, Moose Davis proffered 25 cents for his night's lodging...
Late last month a 21-year-old West Virginia mother, who had had two previous children, unknowingly bore her third while easing herself over a slop jar. Her husband unwittingly emptied the jar into the backhouse. There, 40 minutes later, Dr. Bittinger found an 8-lb. boy, cold and quiet but still alive. Commented Dr. Bittinger: "If this baby survives, it will have a fine history, especially if it runs for President...
Fast Dye. Two specimens are cut from the piece of cloth. One specimen is used for the test; the other saved for comparison after the test. The test specimen is sewed to a piece of bleached cotton cloth and placed in a jar of hot (160 degrees F.) soapy water with ten ⅜-in. rubber balls. The jar is whirled in a rotating machine for 30 minutes. This procedure rubs the cloth samples as hard as any washing machine or washwoman can ever do. After thorough rinsing in warm (110 degrees F.) water, drying and ironing (at 275 degrees...
...belief that exchanges for dealing in securities and commodities are necessary and of definite value to our commercial and agricultural life. Nevertheless, it should be our national policy to restrict, so jar as possible, the use of these exchanges for purely speculative operations. -Franklin D. Roosevelt in a message to Congress...
Died. Frank Elliott Ball, 33, son of Muncie, Ind.'s Glass-Jar Tycoon Frank Clayton Ball; in an airplane crash; at Findlay, Ohio...