The Omaha guide., 1934-04-07

ment to show one domestic for each
three foreign films exhibited.
An upholstered steel frame has
been inveated to be clamped to the
rear seat of an automobile to con-
vert it into a bed for infants
Argentina has a population density
Of slightly more than ten persons to |
the square mile as compared with 40
in the United States
The inventor Of a novel syringe
claims that it automatically records
the cleanliness of oil drawn into it
from an automobile motor.
OF English invention is a vanity
case mirror equipped with an electric
light to enable ome to apply pow
der or make up in the dark.
Rubber bath sponges in the form
of mitten that fit the hands snugly
are being made in a variety Of colors
to harmonic with bath rooms
A South African court room has
been equipped with amplifiers to en-
able every person listening to a trial
to hear all that witnesses say.
A key has been invented that fits
any collapsible tube and enables it to
be roller 80 that all the contents are
squeezed out without waste.
A fuel for internal combustion en-
gines developed in Ireland from coal
tar has proved more economical than
gasoline in tests with automobiles.
., Writing in nine degrees of fipeness
can be produced with a new fountain
pen that has an adjustable slide tc
vary the flexbility Of the point.
The Greek government has begun
f work on a 20-year program for the
! construction of 2100 miles of new
highways and Encouragement of ex.
listing roads.
Electric lamps are inserted in tht
wings of a new chair to illuminate
$ books or work held in an occupant
lap without flare affecting his eyes.
Since 1921, when Mexico ranked
second among petroleum producing
countries, its production has declined
steadily until now it is in seventh
place
Any faucet can be converted into
sanitary drinking fountain by a met
al device to be clipped to its cutie
d that diverts the flowing water up
ward.
While in flight the wings of an al
plane developed by a Russian avia
ton engineer living in Paris can b,
altered in length between Sc and 81
feet.
Gold is being carried by airplan,
0 from Wyoming fields to San Fran
cisco in six hours as compared will
v the six days required in the overland
S stage days.
Natives of British Guiana jungle.
d use leaves of the umbrella tree tt
protect their heads and bodies from
the heat of the sun when it become.
Y excessive.
Almost anything made of wooe
can be closely initiated by using re,
sins obtained from phenol with
: formaldehyde and mixed with ar
equal quantity of wood meal.
More than 1000 English physicians
) have formed a league to support the
theory that germs do not cause dis
!, eases but are incidental to the later
stages of them.
With the extension of the Calcutta
Rangoon cir route to Singapore at
the end of the year an extension
from the latter city to Australia is
planned for April.
A Northwestern University scient-
ist has found after extensive expert
ments that more energy is required
by a person to work in the afternoon
than in the morning.
Human remains unearthed in Tan
ganyika have led an English scient-
list to conclude that Africa was the
original center of mankind, not Asia
as generally believed.
Rubber spiked belts have been in
vented for cotton gins, having the
advantage of lightness and flexibil-
ity and avoiding the danger Of metal
spikes striking sparks.
To raise funds for the erection of
a hospital in the province of Tumbes
the Peruvian government has levied
an additional duty on all flour i'm
ported into the province.
A Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege scientist has designed a 1900 ton
truck that can be driven over roads
or on water by a Diesel motor, carry
ing hundreds of tons of cargo.
The Italian inventor of a one pas
senger motor driven unicycle claims
to have driven it at a speed of 100
miles an hour and to have travelled
2S0 miles on a single gallon of gaso-
line.
A partitionless house has been in
vented by a New York architect,
rooms being shut off from one an