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...Font interests would manufacture, the Standard Oil Co. of N. J. distribute, a new synthetic motor fuel to be called "synthol," made from coal, petroleum or lignite. To burn synthol, a new automobile motor had been devised, the most powerful of its size, very light, needing no gear shift, emitting no poisonous fumes, having no carbon troubles, getting 50 miles per fuel gallon, more like a steam engine than an internal combustion engine. The General Motors Corporation would manufacture this motor, install it in all its cars (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oakland, Oldsmobile). So said Dr. T. A. Boyd, General Motors...
...Most serious to community welfare is the attitude of thousands of parents who dump responsibility of their children's physical, intellectual, civic and moral development almost entirely upon the schools. The community cannot continue its traditional custom of turning these youths loose to shift for themselves through a long summer recess...
...Manhattan, an empty touring car lounged against a Broadway curb. A man stepped on the running-board but did not approach the controls. Pedestrians gaped to hear the chauffeurless machine start its motor, shift into gear, lurch away from the curb into thick traffic. Down Broadway it went, looping uncertainly back and forth across the street. It missed a cowering milkwagon, blew its horn, dodged a speeding fire-engine. Motorcycle police escorted the vagrant down Fifth Avenue, where a particularly wild lurch brought the man on the running-board to the steering wheel, not in time, however, to avoid...
Coach Mahan has announced another shift in the Crimson line-up, less than two weeks before the Yale series. The new arrangement, which will go into effect this afternoon, will see Zarakov restored to his old place at the hot corner, with Keene, late of the Seconds, filling Howard's place at shortstop. This change is looked upon by Crimson baseball followers as indicating not so much that Zarakov is appreciably better at third than he is at short as that there is no one else on the squad capable of holding down the seek adequately...
Coach Spuhn has also made a shift in his 150-pound eight since its victory over Yale on May 16 at Derby. Hedburg has replaced Ogden at seat three for the race Saturday. In a time trial Tuesday, the Crimson 150-pound eight negotiated the Henley distance in seven minutes and five seconds, which is remarkably fast time. Pennsylvania won the Junior University race on May 9 in six minutes and 55 seconds, and the performance of Captain Merrill's eight in coming so close to the fast time of the strong Red and Blue shell makes this crew seem...