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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After roaming through the British Isles for three weeks, ferreting into employers' offices, union headquarters, Government bureaus and archives-everywhere accorded a maximum of British courtesy and patience-the nine reported...
...certain stars pulsate bodily, and it is not unreasonable to suspect that the earth, a star, pulsates too. If there is a uniform contraction and expansion of the entire globe a raising of five inches in the crust is sufficient to slow down the earth and account for the maximum lengthening of the day which has so far been observed. The process of expansion, said Dr. Brown, might conceivably take place if there were a layer of material near the earth's surface which was at a critical temperature (one in which a small change of temperature produces...
After more than five hours' deliberation, the jury found Francis Carroll guilty. Penalty (Maine's maximum): life in prison. Unless Governor Barrows pardons him, Paul Dwyer will stay in jail...
Liable to life imprisonment (Maine's maximum murder penalty) if convicted, Defendant Carroll sat calm, tight-lipped in court. His lawyers, presumably hoping to prove that Accuser Dwyer is a pathological liar, planned to call 62 witnesses. Among them: Barbara Carroll...
...Federal Communications Commission) encouraged an experiment. That experiment, and its results so far, have landed FCC in a tough spot. Under a six-month experimental license the Commission gave Powel Crosley Jr. the right to raise the broadcasting power of his Cincinnati station (WLW) from the U. S. maximum of 50,000 watts to 500,000 watts. Reason: to find out how much radio service the listener might gain (from the power boost) and lose (through interference with smaller stations). Enterprising Broadcaster Crosley spent $396,287 on his 500-kw. transmitter. When he put it into daily operation...