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Inky-Dinks & Sink. On motion picture lots, as he had at station KGO, Webb carried on his restless and insatiable quest for knowledge. If a sound man hastily "rolled a loop" of track as an airplane passed over (so that the intruding racket could later be dubbed into parts of the scene shot after it had disappeared),Webb asked why. He watched stage carpenters make golden oak out of cheap pine sets with yellow paint and combs. He patiently learned about studio lights (brutes, seniors, juniors and inky-dinks, in order of their size), and the tricks of lighting eyes...
Another instrument which crowds the cabin of the Atlantis bears the unprepossessing name of Geomagneticelectro-kinetograph (affectionately known as the "geek") and measures temperatures difference in the water by exploiting changes in the earth's magnetic field in a long wire loop dragged behind the boat. Using the principles of this instrument, the Institute experimented last fall on the current that runs through the Florida straits by hitching up electrodes on either end of the Western Union cable that runs to Havana and measuring the potential between the ends. Calculation with the potential gave the amount of water that flows...
...shock and exposure," called on the city council to ban steam-bath temperatures of more than 100° until the authorities can complete a safety study. (Present conventional ranges: 130° to 160°.) This aroused a storm of indignation among the bathhouse operators. Cried Charles Postl, 72, oldtime Loop steam-bath impresario: "Why, you can't even work up a good sweat at 100°. This is ridiculous. The whole civilized world will laugh at Chicago...
...over Dartmouth was important in many ways. It was the Crimson's first triumph in seven starts after dropping all six vacation games. It gave the sextet a running start in the Pentagonal league, since the game was the first of loop competition for both teams. It was sophomore goalie Charlie Flynn's first shut-out for the varsity...
Lowell and Leverett are tied for the lead in the soccer loop. Each has won five, lost none, and tied one; but this dead-look will be broken when the two teams meet today at 3 p.m. on the House soccer field...