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Devise a Trick. Earlier welding guns could be used only on horizontal plates. A small mound of powdered metal, of flux, was dumped on the plate and fused by electricity to attach the "stud." But on perpendicular plates there was no way to keep the flux in place. Instead, a small square of "welding pad" had to be laboriously welded, then the stud welded to that. Ted Nelson wearied of doing this, finally worked out a crude welding gun to make the job easier. But when he got "no thanks nor extra dough" he quit, and set to work perfecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTION: Rocket Gunman | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

...Wild Bill Davison's great mixed band at the Ken last spring. The other members of the group are Mezz Mazzrow (clarinet); George Lugg (trombone); Jack Butler (trumpet), who once played with the Hot Club of France; Jack Bland (guiter), who was a member of the original Mound City Blue Blowers; and, of course, Art Hodes, at the piano. College musicians are urged to sit in with the band and make the affair a real jam session. But whether or not you play, you shouldn't miss this. There hasn't been any such jazz in these parts for months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 8/10/1943 | See Source »

Bill Judge will take the mound today in an attempt to pitch the Crimson baseball forces' to their second win of the season as the Stahlmen take on a strong Boston Coast Guard nine at Soldiers Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE TAKES ON COAST GUARD | 8/10/1943 | See Source »

After taking away most of the Harvard pitching staff, the war did a turnabout for Coach Foyd Stahl by giving him an old nemesis, Bill Judge, to bolster his mound corps, and Judge came through Tuesday to spark the Crimson to a stinging 4-1 victory over the Boston Naval Receiving Station...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD WINS OVER NAVY 4-1 | 8/6/1943 | See Source »

...just a case of Casey at the bat for the Crimson, as Bill Slattery of the sailors effectively shackled the Stahlmen with a neat three-hit performance. By way of consolation, Slattery has given up only seven bingles in his last three times on the mound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coast Guard Triumphs 6-0 | 8/3/1943 | See Source »

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