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Croats and Slovenes looking carefully at the new map saw at once why King Alexander was willing to return to parliamentary government. Skillful jigsaw work had shaped the new states so as to split each of Jugoslavia's troublesome racial minorities. Six of the nine Banats contain a sizeable majority of Serbs. Especially vexed were the Croatians, noisiest and most troublesome of Jugoslavia's racial groups...
...Sand Lick, Ky., one Henry Harp worked on the roads. Lightning cracked, knocked Mr. Harp down, split his false teeth...
They asked him about International Harvester stock and his holdings in it. He showed that the stock had lately (while he was running the company) ranged upwards from $224.25 to $394.25 per share. When it was split 4 for 1, it reached $142 per share. His holdings, he said, are now worth about one million dollars, a fraction of 1% of the capitalization...
Practically all the chemists who witnessed the experiment believed that Dr. Bonhoeffer had split the hydrogen atom. Newspapers so reported the event. That was ridiculous. The hydrogen atom, simplest of the 92 elements, has a single proton at its centre and a single electron swinging around that centre. The two may be particles or they may be waves. (The experiment tended to prove that they were waves.) But they are indivisible. To break them up would wipe them out of existence. However, the hydrogen molecule is composed of two hydrogen atoms. Chemists and physicists have believed that both electrons revolve...
...Louis, raided the Griesedieck Brewery, arrested Raymond Griesedieck and 43 employes. The U. S. indicted Brewer Griesedieck, Missouri Beverage Inspector Charles Prather and Heber Nations, Missouri Labor Commissioner, brother of Gus Orvel Nations. Minor offenders were released. Prather pleaded guilty, said he received protection money from Griesedieck, split it with Heber Nations. Twice was Heber Nations tried, twice convicted. Twice the U. S. Court of Appeals upset the verdict, ordered a new trial. He is now waiting his third trial, Griesedieck his first...