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Chosen for a storehouse was the basement of a fireproof building on the Oglethorpe campus, whose foundations rest on ancient bedrock which is not likely to be visited by earthquakes. This roomy crypt has already been rendered waterproof. In it Dr. Jacobs and the Scientific American, which has promised enthusiastic cooperation, proposed to place a phonograph or sound film record bearing a salutation from the President of the U. S. to the potentates of 8113; recordings of the voices of King Edward, Stalin. Mussolini, Hitler. Emperor Hirohito and President Lin Shen; encyclopedias and newspapers: stainless steel or Monel metal models...
...cure unless the physiotherapist keeps, out of the water entirely. If the patient exercises alone in a small raised pool, the attendant must stoop over to give treatments and this often develops backaches. To avoid backaches and skin troubles, smart hydrotherapists wear cotton athletic suits inside light-weight waterproof waders which cover them from soles to armpits...
Busy is the Federal Trade Commission in detecting unfair and monopolistic practices in U. S. industry. Last week it cracked down on American Character Doll Co. of Manhattan. Advertisements had pictured a waterproof doll, called "Sally Jane," immersed in a jar of water without any ill result. An unnamed, ordinary doll was shown in a similar underwater position, in a state of disintegration. Saying that dolls in general are not supposed to be "amphibian," the Federal Trade Commission resented the pictures as an unfair, competitive slur on the landlubber doll, ordered American Character Doll to show cause why it should...
...world, are included in the bequest. The largest, of American make, measures 12 inches high by 8 inches wide; the smallest, coming from Switzerland, is only one-half by three-quarters of an inch. A unique item is a pack of modern round cards, which the manufacturer asserts are waterproof...
...Degreened" whiskey, waterproof blasting powders, weather-proof paints and dyes, and modern vitamin preparations went on display last night in the "Children of Recovery" exhibition in the Mallinckrodt Laboratory. Representative substances developed by research chemists in the year 1934-35 were exhibited. All interested persons are invited to inspect the collection, which will be displayed again tonight and tomorrow night from 7.30 until 10 o'clock...