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...Newspaper Titan E. W. Scripps), and founder (in 1920) of the world's first commercial radio station, Detroit's WWJ-first to broadcast U.S. election returns, one of the first with symphony concerts, play-by-play accounts of ball games; of a heart ailment; at Lake Orion, Mich...
Deering, Milliken & Co., Inc., whose "Visa" is a blend of 55% Dacron and 45% wool, introduced another new fabric, "Lo-rette," made of a blend of 55% Orion and 45% wool, which it predicted would be a big seller for women's sportswear and suits when marketed next fall...
...annual U.S. consumption: 478 million Ibs.). But Du Pont, Union Carbide and others are building and blueprinting big new plants, which shortly will permit a tremendous expansion in production. Soon dynel will be spilling out at a rate of 26 million Ibs. a year, Dacron at 35 million Ibs., Orion at 36 million Ibs. When that time comes, the wool industry, already quaking, will have to look sharp lest it go the way of silk...
...first work that Director Bond undertook, which was continued by his son and successor, Professor George P. Bond was an extensive series of zone observations, elaborate drawings of the planet Saturn, and work on the comet of 1858, and on the nebula in Orion. He and his son also worked to determine terrestrial longitudes for the United States Coast Survey. Cambridge is still recognized as the "Birthplace of American Longitudes...
Last week this important index underwent a big change. The Labor Department brought it up to date by including scores of products (television sets, antibiotic drugs, plastic materials, Orion, frozen foods, etc.) which scarcely existed when the old index was drawn up in 1932. Listing twice as many commodities (a total of 1,845), it will provide a more accurate cross section of present-day markets. One change, however, stirred up criticism: 1947-49 average prices were used as the index base of 100, instead of the old base of 1926 prices. Result: when the old index ended, it stood...