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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eliminated from the bill was the House's plan to have the Tariff Commission weigh complex and intangible differences in "competitive conditions" instead of production costs...
...radio interference. Capt. L. M. Woolson last month flew a Diesel-powered Stinson from Detroit to Miami, approximately 1,200 miles, on $8.50 worth of fuel. Of prime importance to airplane builders is the reduction of Diesel engine weights to compare with gasoline engines of equivalent horsepower. Ordinary Diesels weigh about 25 Ib. per horsepower. The Packard Diesel weighs 2.26 Ib. per horsepower. A Whirlwind weighs 1.75 Ib. per horsepower...
...five feet four inches tall, weigh 138 pounds and am a blonde." Thus wrote Sally Gallant, of Newcastle, Pa., to Ludvik Ocenasek, Prague inventor, asking him to send her to the moon in a rocket of his invention...
Bull fur seals, about 6 ft. long, 4½ ft, around, weigh from 400 to 500 Ib. They are able to stand nearly erect on land, to lollop along over a rocky beach as fast as a man, though they soon get out of breath. During the mating season they will chase creatures who trespass on their breeding grounds. Sharp-toothed, they can bite savagely. They live to be about 14 years old. They arrive at the Pribilof Islands early in May, three weeks before the cows, stay there until August. Each bull has a seraglio of from...
...Cows weigh about 80 Ibs. Not longer than 48 hours after arriving at the Pribilofs, each gives birth to a pup. Two weeks later the cow seals desert their progeny, returning at ever-lengthening periods to feed them, investigate their growth, teach them how to swim. Their rookeries are situated along the shore or a little inland among the barren rocks...