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...plastic-topped "Skyliner" Ford (blue and ivory) was unquestionably one of the biggest hits of the Leipzig fair. It was rivaled only by a Rolls-Royce and a two-toned Oldsmobile convertible that arrived in Leipzig just before I left...
Paralyzing Pygmies. As the Martian invasion of France proceeded, the invaders became more bizarre. A troup of pygmies in plastic helmets gamboled down a railroad track near Quarouble and transfixed M. Marius Dewilde with "a paralyzing beam of light." Some Martians were blue, others were yellow or pink. A traveling salesman of the Cotes-du-Nord saw a wonderful sight: a deep rose flying cigar from which stepped a zebra-striped Martian. As he alighted, he changed color, chameleonlike, from yellow to green...
...bandage that does not stick to wounds, so that it peels off painlessly and bloodlessly, was announced by Bauer & Black. Called Telfa, it has a perforated plastic layer next to the skin...
NUCLEAR REACTOR, the first for purely industrial research, will be built by Chicago's Armour Research Foundation. To cost $500,000 the reactor will be ready in a year, will be used to experiment in such fields as medical diagnosis, food-sterilization, plastic, glass and rubber products...
House Lining. New homes can be made virtually moisture-and termite-proof by lining exterior walls and foundations with a tough, translucent plastic film developed by Terre Haute's Visking Corp. "VisQueen" is noninflammable, will not dry out. Price: about...