Word: sodaed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never silent, he is never boring. When the lines fail to arouse the audience to excesses of amusement he invents new ones, which perk up even the rather sodden chorus. There are two moments of high glee in the show. In one Mr. Wynn, acting as a soda clerk, exhibits several of his newest inventions which rival the ingenuity of Dr. Suess. In the other he proves that he can do more than crack wise upon occasion and accompanies a lovely woman with a lovely voice upon a piano lashed to a velocopede...
...which had been misty, brightened before the trippers opened their sandwich baskets. On a barge moored in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal near Valentine's Brook, the Duke of Westminster and his friends quaffed scotch & soda. They were watched, from the Royal stand built several years ago for the Prince of Wales, by a wide-eyed group of Swedish excursionists. The grandstand and enclosure were nearly filled toward noon, when an agitated hare came humping down the home stretch, crossed the finish line and dodged into the paddock...
...Company. Allied is a holding company whose operations may be divided into five groups: The Solvay Process Division produces soda ash and caustic soda, in both of which products there was unexpected price-cutting during December when 1931 contracts were being made. Earnings from this division are thought to be running 40% below last year. Its big competitor is Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. When it was absorbed by Allied, the Solvays of Belgium, one of Europe's richest families, acquired much Allied stock. They also have a big interest in Imperial Chemistry Industries of Britain...
Robert Winship Woodruff, 41, president of Coco-Cola Co. and White Motor Co., resigned the latter position, became chairman. New White president is Ashton G. Bean, previously president of Bishop & Babcock, Cleveland manufacturers of bottlers' and soda fountain machinery...
After passing through a "haircatcher" which picks up any lint from bathing suits, the water is heated to between 72 and 75 degrees. It next runs through two coagulant pots, of soda ash and alum, which prevent undue acidity. The great work of filtration is done by a tank containing 27 tons of graded Cape May, New Jersey sand, through which the water will seep. Before entering the pool it will be impregnated with chlorine gas, which lends a greenish color. The results are tested twice daily by comparing a test-tube full of water with a graded color chart...