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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Higher compression translates into more efficient operation because it gets greater power punch on less fuel. It also necessitates a stronger and heavier motor to absorb the increased shock. For this reason, and because Diesels have not yet reached the mass production stage, they are costly. A Ford truck gasoline motor, for example, costs about $150, a comparable Diesel about...
Although Dartmouth and Pittsburgh both had their famed undefeated streaks snapped at 22 this season, a far less publicized string has been spun by Baltimore's Morgan College, No. 1 Negro football team of the U. S. In crushing Hampton Institute, 19-to-6, last week, Morgan registered its 54th consecutive game (seven years) without defeat...
...antidote, but they had already turned pale, were staggering and clutching their throats. Two died, and one lay dangerously ill. They had all been given large doses of powerful arsphenamine (salvarsan, or 606, best treatment for early stages of syphilis) instead of the weaker derivative, neoarsphenamine, which contains less arsenic...
That the elements of a Hitchcock melo drama provoke an excitement utterly lacking when the same elements are combined by less skillful directors is due to Director Hitchcock's unique talent for cinematic story construction and his unparalleled diligence in employing it. Before a Hitch cock picture goes before the cameras, it has been written four times; by Hitchcock himself, by Hitchcock and a scenario writer, by Hitchcock and a dialogue writer and finally by Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville. Once work begins on the set, it progresses rapidly. Because Hitchcock considers it unnecessary to ex plain...
...gets food to people at cheaper prices means not that higher-priced independents lose business but that more food is consumed, since the average housewife with a limited food budget will spend just so much regardless of prices. Increased sales volume, say the chains, means that crop surpluses threaten less frequently and can be disposed of when they arise, thus stabilizing farm prices...