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With the prospect of four more equally strenuous days ahead, fits of weeping broke out. Someone stepped on "Miss Cincinnati's" toe, causing an infection that sent her to a hospital. Girls who arrived thin were growing thinner. "Miss Bluegrass" was down to a measly 95 lb. When Director George D. Tyson heard that some of the girls were in a rebellious mood, he firmly announced: "Any girls not following the approved schedule will be disqualified...
...whole, the steel industry earned more money than in any first-half period since 1930. It was employing more workers (500,000), paying them more per hour (67?), than in 1929. Individual pay envelopes were not so fat as in the New Era because the work was spread thinner, but the steelmasters were already preparing for longer hours. Fortnight ago U. S. Steel, followed by other companies, announced time-&-a-half pay schedules for overtime on an eight-hour day or a 48-hour week. Last year the average steel worker worked only 34 hours per week. Like vacations with...
...beauty of her voice, its vibrant warmth, its effortless production. Smooth singing was to be expected at her Metropolitan debut, and with the exception of a few strained top notes there was little fault to find. Surprise was to see her appear as a lithe, graceful woman 25 Ib. thinner than she used to be, to see an Aida who appeared not like a prima donna stained brown for the occasion, but like the sultry, brooding slave girl that Verdi had in mind...
...Saul Dushman exhibited a tiny mercury lamp, two inches long and thinner than a lead pencil, which emits a 200-candlepower glare. Its light results from vaporization of a pellet of mercury imbedded in a capillary tube. The little lamp may find use in composing rooms and photographic studios, may replace electric arcs in cinema projectors...
According to its current rules, "softball" is a misnomer. The ball, with a 12-in. circumference compared to a baseball's 9 in., is hard enough to break a catcher's nose. Catchers wear masks, fielders wear gloves. The bat is thinner than a baseball bat. Softball pitchers, 37 ft. from the plate, throw underhand. The bases are 60 ft. apart instead of 90 and runners cannot steal until the ball reaches the catcher. There are ten players on a side. In other respects, the rules of softball are almost identical with those of baseball. The most obvious...