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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sodium hexametaphosphate, 16 lbs. of which in 1,000,000 gals, of water will prevent scale formation in pipes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Marvels | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Born. To Randolph Apperson ("Randy") Hearst, 23, youngest (with twin brother David Whitmire) of William Randolph Hearst's five sons, assistant publisher of his father's Atlanta Georgian, and Catherine Wood Campbell Hearst, 21: their first child, a daughter, Hearst's fifth grandchild. Weight: 5½ lbs. Name: Catherine Millicent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...trade had recently rumored: its new synthetic fiber-Vinyon-is now being produced in small quantities, already being sold in a few forms. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. makes the raw resin powder and Viscose turns it into yarn. This year's probable production: 2-3,000,000 lbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Vinyon | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Born. To Sylvia Sidney, 29, (née Ko-sow), sad-eyed cinemactress; and Luther Adler, 36, legitimate actor (Golden Boy); their first child, a son, in Manhattan. Weight: 5 lbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 30, 1939 | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...shoe"), who was formerly in the bumper business. Breeze established itself in Washington as an accepted supplier of aircraft parts to the Government (sales, 1927: $136,805; first nine months of 1938: $2,200,065). Adaptable and efficient, it succeeded also in getting an order for 12,000,000 lbs. of equipment for the stacks of the U. S. Government's Archives Building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: War Babies | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

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