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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1939)
Baseball Manufacturers Show How It's Done Even the manufacturing of baseballs calls for mass production. These pictures show the construction ol balls used by the American and National leagues. Left: By machine the cushion center, rubber over cork, U wound with woolen yarn. Next comes a wool winding, then a fine cotton winding. Center: The horsehide covet is inspected, and (right) is sewed on by hand. The ball is examined for weight at each step, and undergoes close inspection during each stage. A RUG OF GLASS / The young lady can roll this “glass rug" because it really is a broken sheet of the new safety plate glass for automobiles. A new type of solvent has been placed between two thin layers of plate glass. The broken fragments cling to the sol vent. Speediest Toy Auto Captivates Children irr—r.r~~r ir nnr iwmim..mum in. i. mn ~ n vamhhbhbhbhmhmi Not exactly a plaything for kiddies, this toy automobile is said to burn up the road at 80 miles per hour. Seven-year-old Dick Sinclair was a bit shy, but mighty proud to pose with the one-cylinder racing car at the spring hobby show of the Detroit Yacht club. It was one of the most popular exhibits at the show. Children’s toys, according to man ufacturers, can be educational as well as interesting. Modern toys are largely mechanical, and many require skill to operate. Cadets Experiment With New Type Diving Suit mm'- ««•' • •V/V-.v ...... ..... -. . Cadets of the Admiral Farragut Naval academy watch as a new diving suit is tested in the Toms river to determine the feasibility of using a mixture of helium and oxygen for deep sea diving. The experiment was made by Cyril von Vaumann, traveler, writer and explorer. The diver controls the amount of air by manipu lation of the valves of the tanks he carries with him. The suit weighs 1,100 pounds. Focal Points in Italo-French Crisis | HBBP K1 1 1WB — 1 ■■ '■ —. Arrows Indicate key Mediterranean and African territories where Italy is pressing concessions from France. In Tunisia, with almost as many Italian residents as French, Paris is willing to grant minority rights to the followers of Premier Mussolini. Italy also wants equal admin istration rights over the Sues canal, “lifeline” to her East African terri tory, and control over the railroad which runs rrom Djibouti, in French bomaliland, to Addis Abaoa, in the heart of Italian East Africa. The Island of Corsica, for which an unofficial Italian campaign has been started, will likely remain French territory. BIRD HOUSE HATS . i wvwBBaaaaan. .a. vv Whether bird houses look lik< hats, or hats look like, bird house* is a debatable question. The spring bird house bonnet demonstrated b* Dorothy Coggins is made of clothes line and glue. It was one of man* entries in a Detroit, Mich., bin J house contest. t STYLES FOR SAFETY Members of the Greater New York Safety council, when they met re cently, found out what the safe worker of 1939 will wear. Miss Sam my Cunningham demonstrates alu minum Hoc guards, fiber shin guards, an eye shield of non-inflam mable plastered and a respirator. She holds a safety belt with red reflectors. J Now It’s Safety First in Swingtime .. . .. mi... HwmiiiiiiHiiuiwiiiiii i miiyiii h i'I iibijjllliMIlIjMBIililllHWBWI Swing music has at last made its influence felt in the field of safety education. Cleveland, Ohio, police erected this sign addressed to motor ists and pedestrians in the center of the street at public square. Pedes trians, however, are not expected to shag across the intersections. Two Friendly Watchdogs Patrol Mount Hood Resort ■ an ... •■•••-• v*av,w.«.v . .. *r«v«w.-.v.v. . ...... ... ■..•rnvifBtHinB Massive, friendly and famous arc Lady, left, and Breuhl, the huge St. Bernard dogs who dwell at Timber line lodge on Mount Hood. The dogs are hitched to a toboggan at the mile-high Oregon resort. In the back ground is Mount Hood’s two-mile peak. Lady and Breuhl gained national fame last summer when they ac companied climbers to the mountain summit. Lady made the descent alone, but Breuhl lost his nerve. A special rescue expedition was sent after him, and only through a long struggle was he saved. One Bullpower Caravan Takes to Road MMHL' ■ :* m'xw? tf WHaar nrnnnnrimninniiirti^n nr~~rnnn n. .... ..mi J. L. Talent wagered 50 pounds that he could take himself, his wife and three children in this unique caravan from Mildura to Melbourne, Australia, a distance of 350 miles, in 12 weeks. He had traveled for 10 weeks when this picture was taken, and expected to reach Melbourne in one more week. The box-like conveyance it mounted on an abandoned automobile chassis. Talent requested that no cameras be used, but offered to sell pictures to curious onlookers. { AUTOMOBILE ART Gueneth Omeron of Los Angeles smiles approval of a unique, all silver automobile model in the col lection of Philip Paval, California art collector. More than 5,000 pieces of sterling silver wire were used in construction. Mother, 13 Years Old, to Celebrate Birthday . —i——■ ' awmv. -w —>■ ■ i jwnnNOTuwgK .v.v.v.v.v.‘.w.v. . . /WWWMW.'.wXiIWU■ -, mm.. mcm Mrs. Louella Brookbank of Dayton, Ohio, who will celebrate her fourteenth birthday anniversary in April, I is pictured with her young son, who was born in March. Her husband, Merrill Brookbank, is 15. The child weighed four pounds, 8!i ounces when it was born. Needless to say, the father is very proudl PLANTS SENATOR DUNLAP 100--50c. 250—SI. 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