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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week some scientists scoffed at, others read with interest, an article in Science concerning divining rods by Dr. Charles Albert Browne of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Recently returned from a tour of Europe, Dr. Browne stated that "dowsing" (locating underground water by the use of a divining rod or similar unexplained methods) is growing in popularity there...
...large sugar-beet estate near Magdeburg, Dr. Browne saw one of Germany's most famed dowsers at work. Covering his chest with a padded leather jacket, the dowser took in his hands a looped steel divining rod, began to pace the ground. Suddenly the loop shot upward, hit him a hard blow on the chest. Continuing, he charted the outlines of the underground stream. Then using an aluminum rod, which he said was much more sensitive, he estimated the depth of the stream. A rod of still another metal indicated by a chest blow that the water was good...
Pierce Arrow has redesigned its bodies, introduced "free wheeling" in all its models, improved the 132-h. p. motor in its Salon and "Group A" lines by a new nine-bearing crankshaft, improved carburetion by adding a combination "suction silencer and cold-air intake with seasonal adjustment," discarded rod brake-controls for cable controls. Price not announced. Reo introduced two new eights-"Flying Cloud" and "Reo Royale"-as well as the old "Flying Cloud" six. Bodies are French-designed, with a slanting windshield. Prices on "Flying Clouds": $1,595 up. Price of "Reo Royale...
...famed German flyer. Three times declared consumptive, unfit for military service, he was nevertheless suspected of pacifism or worse, did not enjoy the War. After the Armistice he left England, wandered the world, lived for a while near Taos, N. Mex. Other books: Sons and Lovers, Aaron's Rod, Fantasies of the Unconscious, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover...
Because of the vastness of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., other U. S. interests in the telephone field have long been overshadowed, little known. But the rise of Theodore Gary, onetime lightning rod salesman, in the telephone industry has been dramatic. In 1897 he bought out a small system in Macon, Mo., soon extended his field in all directions. What seemed the culmination of this career came when, with his British backing, he formed Associated Telephone & Telegraph in 1926. This company took over none of the Gary telephone systems in the U. S., but makes equipment in the U. S., also...