Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Davenport '34 and J. F. Ray '34, who won their match on Tuesday, will meet Perkins and Jansen, former state champions, in the quarter finals today. H. W. Cole '32 and Richard Inglis '33 reached the quarter finals, where they lost their match, 6-2, 6-4. A. W. Patterson '32 and J. M. Barnaby '32 were put out in the second round, as were also F. B. Broida '32 and W. E. Arensberg...
Veterans. Dapper, aggressive John Thomas Taylor of the American Legion and dark, stocky L. S. ("Ted") Ray of the Veterans of Foreign Wars pushed the War widows pension bill through the House last week. But Lobbyist Ray failed to get the Bonus out of committee...
Doubles--Hines and Shuford (N.C.) defeated Frame and Broida, 6-2, 6-3; Grant and Wright (N.C.), defeated Davenport and J. F. Ray '33, 7-5, 10-8; Dillard and Morgan (N.C.) defeated Patterson...
...matches went to North Carolina, Grant defeating Frame 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, and Hines winning a hard-fought contest from Barnaby, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. In the doubles, the Crimson netmen were outclassed and the Southerners brought the score to 6-3. Davenport and Ray played the most spirited match against Grant and Wright...
...corrosive poison (TIME, March 7). Quicksilver helped Joseph Priestley discover oxygen (1/74) and thus start Antoine Laurent Lavoisier on modern chemistry. It dissolves most metals (iron and platinum are among the few exceptions). Besides its familiar uses- gold and silver amalgams to fill teeth; filling for thermometers and ultraviolet ray lamps-it goes into explosives and drugs. Recently it has been used to run electro-turbines at Hartford and Schenectady (TIME, July 8, 1929). The world annually produces about 150,000 "flasks"* of mercury, gets almost all from Spain and Italy, yet appreciable quantities come from the U. S. (California...