Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more certain than ever before of recognizing a cancer or benign tumor in its early stage," said Inventor Simjian. "Another very important point is that for the first time it becomes possible to illuminate blood vessels." Among other photographic devices invented by Mr. Simjian are a fogged silver screen for projecting microscopic photographs, a self-focusing camera, an automatic developing tank, a system of mirrors and a camera with which a subject can photograph any desired aspect of his face, and a set of mirrors for dress and hat shops inside which the customer stands while she sees her figure...
...windup of the King of Kings' junket was at Istanbul where the great Dolma Bagtche Palace of bygone Turkish Sultans was thrown open for a great ball to honor His Majesty. Reclining on a divan the King of Kings ate Turkish delight off a onetime Sultan's silver salver and puffed cigarets made for the occasion by the Turkish Tobacco Monopoly which had stamped on each the Persian Royal Arms. Meanwhile spry Turks in the sleek-tailed, Frenchified dress suits affected by President Kemal one-stepped and black-bottomed in a fashion to make the King of Kings...
Died. Charles Spalding Thomas, 84, silver money advocate, onetime (1899-1901) Governor of Colorado, onetime (1913-21) U. S. Senator; after a six-month illness; in Denver. Strongly individualistic, he opposed closed shops, payment of the Soldiers' Bonus, fought hard for the 16-to-1 silver-gold ratio. Last year he announced he was hoarding $120 in gold, tried unsuccessfully to be brought to trial...
...Endeavor, in which he and Mrs. Sopwith expect to cross the Atlantic this month, beat her trial horse, W. L Stephenson's Velsheda, twice. Unlike the Shamrocks which were all green, Endeavor is a pale hydrangea blue. She is built entirely of steel except for a mahogany rudder, silver-spruce boom and pine decks...
Hudson's Bay Co. by no means gave up fur trading when it entered the depart ment store field. In 1931-32 its fur catch was almost 4,500,000 pelts worth $10,000,000. It maintains 224 fur trading posts, has lately been developing silver fox farms, owns a large block of stock in the Montreal trading subsidiary of Revillon, Inc., famed Paris and Manhattan furrier...