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Among the thousands of mechanics who learned the importance of Jo blocks in World War I was a Cleveland lad named George D. Webber. In his shop only the boss had a Jo set-they cost around $1,500 then-and kept it so much to himself that Webber could not get the use of it in time to check his work. He decided he could make a million dollars by cracking old Johansson's secret. Later he decided he could make accurate gauges by machine...
...Webber had set up his first machine in a bedroom. The first blocks came out a mess, but he finally made some with an error of only eight-millionths of an inch. He cut the error down, began to sell some sets, until depression killed his market. In 1932, his mama let him build a shop in her backyard. Soon he began to peddle his wares again, doubled his sales every year. This year he expects to sell 2,000 sets, all finished by one machine...
Edward T. Buckley, Jr. '42, John C. Finegan '42, Robert A. James '41, William D. McSweeney '41, Homer D. Peabody, Jr. '41, Joseph F. Romano '42, Edward I. Rothschild '42, Arthur J. Scully, Jr. '43, Captain Francis M. Simpson, Jr. '41, George W. Webber '42, and Edward A. Herberich '41, manager...
...Cobb, r.f. 5 1 11 Ingley, l.f. 3 2 8 Zilly, cfl 6 1 13 Seelbach, r.g. 1 3 5 Wightman, r.g. 0 2 2 Anderson, l.g. 0 2 2 Vogt, 5 0 10 Totals 20 11 51 HARVARD G F P Simpson, r.f. 2 2 6 Webber, r.f. 1 1 3 Romano, l.f. 7 2 16 Scully, l.f. 0 0 0 Peabody, c. 1 0 2 Rothschild, c. 2 0 2 Janes, l.g. 1 0 2 Buckley, l.g. 4 0 8 McSweeney, r.g. 1 0 2 Finegan, r.g. 1 1 3 Totals...
Colored movies of a six week canoe trip in the Hudson Bay region last summer will be shown tonight at 7:30 o'clock i nthe Lowell House Common Room. G. William Webber '42 leader of the group, will discuss plans for another trip this summer with anyone interested...