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Though lightning is supposed never to strike twice in the same place, and might be supposed by now to have struck each & every place in the U. S., the U. S. lightning rod industry continues. According to Department of Commerce figures issued last week, lightning rod business was $923,000 in 1928, $1,232,000 in 1929. Sales at present are running slightly ahead of normal. Thus the lightning rod industry must be added to those very select trades which are depression proof...
...small silver needle through the interstices of the skull until the tip rested against the outer covering of the cerebral cortex. In the back of the head, he inserted a similar needle, attached a galvanometer to both. Then he stroked the assistant's arm with a glass rod, gave him arithmetic problems to solve...
...increases. Dr. Berger distinguished two types of waves, alpha and beta. The alpha waves represented the normal electricity output of an organism when not highly stimulated. The current generated was .2 microvolt. Beta waves represented the brain's electricity production when the subject was stroked by the glass rod, told to figure out an arithmetic problem. The galvanometer at this time registered .1 microvolt...
...Parliament is prorogued. When Congress' work is done, Congress can adjourn in five minutes. Proroguing Parliament is a lengthy and a solemn business. Last week putting an end to the 13-month session of Parliament (longest since the War) Lieut. General Sir William Pulteney, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in black velvet, with lace on his cuffs and a sword at his side, walked from the House of Lords down the corridor to the House of Commons where the door was ceremoniously slammed in his face. Knocking three times with his Rod, he entered the House, bowed...
...Paris, she is called on to divert her former husband from making a conquest of the hostess' granddaughter. In casting and direction. Let Us Be Gay is an almost perfectly realized intention; it is distinguished by some wonderful acting by Marie Dressier as the sardonic, impatient dowager. Rod La Rocque and Gilbert Emery are in it too. Best shot: Marie Dressier at her knitting...