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...Mann expected to be No. 1 Man in the G. O. P., South after Mr. Hoover took office. But he was to be disappointed because the President planned a great political reform below the Potomac. The "white trash"' which constitutes Southern Republicanism must be replaced by a better element. The old barter of Federal jobs must cease and only worthy citizens appointed to office. The White House door was firmly closed on Col. Mann and his traditional ideas of Southern patronage...
...Nucleus, The late great Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleeff arranged the 92 elements in a periodic table according to weight. The late Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys Moseley found that each atomic number corresponded to the number of negatively charged electrons outside the nucleus. Element No. 1, hydrogen, has one such electron; No. 2, helium, has two; lithium, No. 3, three. . . . For each negative electron the nucleus of an atom must contain a positively charged proton. And, except in hydrogen, all nuclei were found to contain more protons than were electrons around them. The additional necessary electrons were found in the nucleus. Lithium, with...
...most significant changes in modern arctic exploration is the time element," continued Mr. Stefansson "Byrd was gone only about six months on his trip to the arctic, whereas the elder explorers used to stay away for five years or more." The reference to Byrd led to the interesting fact that the use of the radio in polar exploration increases homesickness, rather than diminishes it, as is commonly taken for granted by the public. If is a matter of actual record that Byrd had more trouble with his men being homesick in the one year that he was in Antarctica that...
...Element No. 87's discovery was claimed last year by Dr. Fred Allison of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Recently he said he had found No. 85, ekaiodine, the other unisolated element. Professor Jacob Papish also claimed discovery of No. 87, eka-cesium. He told the Academy he had made tests with Dr. Allison's magneto-optic device, found chemical mixtures sometimes made it register elements not really present...
...least one element in the Far North the airplane is regarded with strong disfavor: the big dogteam operators, who have been put nearly out of business. The dogteams first began to suffer when the airplane companies gained a toehold on the passenger and express business; but they still had the mail. Finally this year the air services were permitted to bid for the mail and two companies, Alaskan Airways and Pacific International Airways,* won all the contracts...