Word: tin-can
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...forget, however, that regardless of what's behind him, be it tin-can or washboard, Jack is considered by most musicians to be one of the greatest and most sincere musicians around. In fact, this reviewer, amongst others, feels that Jack is virtually to the white musicians what Louis Armstrong is to the colored. And the real compliment to his playing genius is that everybody that has ever worked with him perks up his ears when Jack plays--which for pro musicians is something...
...relief of their socialite constituents the city councilmen of Palm Beach last week thumbed down a proposed town trailer camp, decreed that the presence of more than one automobile trailer on a private lot constituted a public nuisance. In another rebuff to tin-can tourists the Palm Beach councilmen limited the parking of trailers on streets or highways to one hour, prohibited cooking in them during that period...
...American Can were worth $12,300 and 100 shares of Continental Can were worth $7,900. On the two investments, the buyer would be out $4,687. Yet last week's market averages stood above their 1935 high point. Entrance of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. into the tin-can business (TIME, Feb. 3) was one reason cited for weakness in can stocks. But Owens-Illinois has thus far gone into cans in only a small way, and both American and Continental commonly tie up their large customers with long-term contracts. A more reasonable explanation was a downward revision...
...industries are livelier, more ingenious than the glass industry. Two of its most important divisions are bottle glass and flat glass. The bottle division continually wars with the tin-can industry over the packaging of products. Glass-packed coffee marked a glass advance; canned beer was a victory for tin. The flat glass division, having no outside industry to contend with, has spent its time in the improvement of its product. Most important modern development has been safety glass for automobiles. Invisible glass, flexible glass, heat-proof glass and bullet-proof glass have been more spectacular but less substantial inventions...
...nearby buildings, where they resumed their own annoying chatter. Superintendent Lanham was not baffled. First windless night he planned to send out a squad of men armed with large, hydrogen-filled balloons on long strings. These would scare the starlings off the buildings, back into the trees. There his tin-can brigade could rout them back to the buildings. If he kept that up long enough, possibly the starlings' spirits would break...