Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resulted in varying sizes. As soon as the demand increased, it was quite natural that some were blown into moulds from the hot glass as taken from the melting pots. But when incandescent lamps became a necessity, the blowing of these bulbs by individual glass blowers created a labor problem, hence the thought of blowing these bulbs by machines - but how? While the mechanical part of a machine that would do the work was by no means an easy task, the greater problem was to have the molten glass of the right consistency (viscosity), ready to feed the machine continuously...
Realizing the magnitude of this problem, the Messrs. Houghton invited such men as Dr. E. C. Sullivan and Dr. Arthur L. Day to join them. However, space is too limited to describe how their task was accomplished, but if it had not been for their persistent efforts in improving the production of lamp bulbs in quantity as well as in quality, the incandescent lamp of today would not be such a cheap and perfect article, nor would it be used in such tremendous quantities. F. KRAISSL Corning...
...White House last week came a recommendation for yet another commission of investigation. This time President Hoover asked Congress in a special message to help solve the Prohibition Enforcement problem by appointing a joint committee to study...
...returning to discuss with Mexico's President Portes Gil the possible soothing of those troubles. Probably the Archbishop and the Ambassador talked. Possibly the Ambassador, as a U. S. Statesman, said things which pleased the Archbishop about the U. S. attitude toward the Church-and-State problem. Further assurance of significant train-talk was the fact that at San Antonio Mr. Morrow stopped over, allowed the Prelate to reach Mexico City twelve hours before...
James Henry Thomas's real duties will be to act as a Minister of Employment. To him the Prime Minister gave the mighty task of settling Britain's unemployment, gravest problem in England today...