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U IW UNSINKABLE SHIPS I MADE OF NEW STEEL' iriton Invents Bombproof and Stainless Metal. London. Unslnkable ocean liners. Warships and freighters are made pos sible by an amaslng new steel In vented In XSnfflanA. I ! battleships built of it would be riSjpregnable, and tanks and armored fears could defy the biggest explosive hells. It is bombproof and stainless, according to an expert report , This new. steel cannot be .cut. by the nardest chisels., The most powerful piy-acetylene blowpipes barer failed jto cut the smallest hole In It I Tests that reduced the latest battle hip armor-plate, designed to resist high explosive shells, to semlmolten crap In IT seconds left the new steel (unimpaired after 40 minutes. ' The invention is that of John Tann, p London metallurgist. The substance Is known as tannsteel. Originally in tended for use in the manufacture of (burglar-proof safes, a slab of the steel, (Bis and one-half Inches thick, was sent (for testing to an oxygen concern, i For seven days workmen attacked (the slab with every device known to the scientific burglar, and with many (of which he knows nothing. It resisted an "oxygen lance" 25 jfeet long one of the most powerful blow-pipes ever made. Mechanical tools were only battered )er brofitn, and In the end the experts confessed themselves defeated. Ohio Co-Eds Cut Costs by Co-Operative Plan 1 Columbus, Ohio. The cost of an ed ucation has been reduced to a mini mum for a select group of coeds at hlo State university.. They are residents of Alumnae Co operative house, purchased with money jraised among women graduates and (operated along the lines of the increas ingly popular Tower club for men stu Idents within the gray walls of the sta idlum. . . Thirty-three young women, selected (for scholarship, leadership and per sonal recommendations, are occupying the large double house and operating it in a co-operative basis under the su pervision of a housemother, Mrs. Mar garet Guilford. On the basis of computations already made it is figured that food will cost about $3.25 a week, other expenses 25 cents a week and rent $5 a quarter. Total expenses for each girl are ex pected to be about $125 for the school year, which Is about the amount the average student spends in one quarter. i 'Pushcart Venders Sneer at Idea of Life on Farm New York. There are few country bred pushcart peddlers In New York's open air market, according to an analysis of nearly 3,000 questionnaires obtained by department of public mar ket investigators. A report Indicating the preferences of peddlers In 23 of the larger mar ikets showed that of the 2,959 ques tioned only 197 had ever lived In the 'country and that only 314 welcomed 'a possibility of living In a rural or 'semi-rural envoronment Questioned, "Would you like to !llve In the country?" 84 per cent of the vendors answered with an emphat ic "No!" A few equivocally respond ed with "I'd like to If somebody'd give Ime a farm," or "Yes, If I had enough imoney so I wouldn't have to work." iAnswerlng a question with a question Iwas a characteristic response of many practical minded peddlers who asked, '"What good is it?" Hermit Refuses to Cash In on Mountain of Ore ; Octave, Ariz. Living In a cave he calls home. "Louie the Hermit," dean of Arizona hermits, ekes out a living 'while he leaves literal mountains of wealth but little touched about his door. Prospectors say that his mining claims near here are rich, but he sells only enough ore to assure him of a living. Veteran of the early prospecting days of California, and one-time friend of John Marshall, who discovered gold at Sutter's MtU and' started the rush ,of '49, the aged German immigrant la oontent to remain at his camp and rarely ventures even to this little town two miles away. 4 He says that the world Is "too ex cited and too busy" for him, I Bar Leant Daralaf i Lacona, Iowa. Training for" bach elorhood has been started In Lacona high school. Boys are being given a ,course in darning then- own socks. Due to Lacona mothers, a course In lembroldery work for boys also has been started. , .V . "v , i Midget Cow Proves wjL to Be Good Milker Trenton, Ohio. Although; It has never wen any prize, a cow owned" by S. B. Shafer, here, holds a great er claim to fame than any ribbon winner; With its weight only' 228 'pounds and Its height only 87 Inches,, this cow, which will be four years old In Febsuary, can lay claim to the title of the smallest cow In the world. The midget cow Is a Jersey, eligi ble to register, gives her weight In milk every 16 days and weighed dnly 18 pounds, at birth, - THE PERQUIMANS LAUGHS FROM Famous Doctor declares 3TCrw.im MffiS TTM -TOr CNEBEWHG "WE" Vlh CftUSE OF MOST ILLNESSES.' T OV ST ITEM:- hY ( TTS A JCMtltV, 1 ( CbWJttoU KNOW ( X. KNOW rr'.". jwvw Get Sckw cuemtrd vaus J 7 lv ewoimg ) e mof peoPie twam J v,T ALL C A.NO TovJHprr N " ( nery simple v. n I LONGEMnv. Sir1? v !r ZTk tempted to et Ctf&Mr . . in the only car in the lower price rane with FAMOUS KNEE-ACTION RIDE It is important to go places comfortably, just as it is important to go swiftlj, safely and econemically. ; i And Chevrolet for 1936 maintains its title of the onty complete huhprkei car bj being the only car in its price range with the famous Knee-Action Gliding Ride the smoothest and most comfortable known. vs ; It is also the only low-priced car with New Perfected Hydranlic'Brakes, Solid TT rrTvNTT TT vtXvTTt f J"ll 1 TT Nil f 1 M Flt f Wm 'jms. WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY. THE PAY'S NEWS ! NEW PEXTECTEO HTDBAULIC BRAKES (DwfcfeAcriiig, StMftlcIMIiil lft ioM and MioofhMf ever drtfopd 8QHP STESL fMM-pke TUBOfT TOP a crown of BMiny, e hrtnu of m XJISBitCOSSPXIIlSSXOII ' VALVC-CJ4ZZAO EHGXNZ 0'Wn9 tvm beMer perfermance wM m ana oil ALL TESSZ IXATUBXS AT WO UP. Um orUm j Nn, Sar4 Cm m 7tf, WUk(. Wtik Wapra, tpara lira ni tin todk, . M lit frit U VlQ iiV m Umttr UUi, mly, $iO mldilUnmL Prm i n tUi oMumm rt lUt at Fib, UUU0H, tmd M eMi mUmt Mtfat . A Cmral Uom VoUu. GHEVR01ET MARCH 13, 1936. Owner Oldest Chevrolet Gets Free 1936 Model Hiram H. Dohner, 70, of Quentin, Lebanon County, Pa., was found to be the owner of the oldest Chevrolet ''"'.Tsel !n i.'a;,7 use in the United States in a rontert conducted ' Chev.oe1 Mo'cr Corrpany recent ly. Mr. Dohner will be presented 47 th the one millionth car built in 1935, a 1936 model. Mr. Dohner owns and drives Chev rolet no. 470( a 1913 Royal Mail roadster, which he purchased from a Chevrolet dealer in Lebanon, Pa. He has already received official notifica tion from Chevrolet officials, and will shortly drive his present 22-year old JUNGLE BOUND! "I always smoke Camels for digestion's sake," says Frank Buck, famous wild animal collector. "I rec ommend Camels for flavor," he contin ues. "They are rich and mellow. And they are a delightful help to digestion." XKPCOVED; OLIDXNO nxfiz-jLCTiori bide Ma MMOtnaif, mnW rU of all czruErtE rissra KO DBAFT VETJT1&ATXON Df IRW TUESZT TOP BODIZt Ms mo boavHM and comlttrtablo bodta mmr tnaM tor fow-prfcod car SZOCEPCOCr 8TES3IN0 making drlring tatlar and lahr Maa i 6 CHEVBOUTI LOW PRICES PAGE THREE car to Detroit, where he will inspect' Chevrolet factories and take delivery of his new 1936 model. Mr. Dohner is a carpenter in Quen tin, a hamlet in the valley of the Susquehanna, with a population of nearly 00 people. He has been a carpenter all his life but like the versatile and ingenious people who live in small towns, he can do many things. He can take care of an automobile in a way that would prove surprising to the modern mo tor car owner. The fact that his present car has served him and serv ed him well for 22 years, piling up a total of more than a quarter mil lion miles, proves the value of motor car care. r' 4 LJ CAMELS SET YOU RIGHT! They are a friendly aid to digestion. No matter how many you smoke, Camels never get on your nerves. the Steel one-piece Turret Top, High-Compression Valve-in-Hcad Engine, and other vital features. May we suggest that you take a ride in the new Chevrolet for 1936 today? You will find a car waiting at your Chevrolet dealer's, and he will be glad to have you drive it without any obligation. CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. i0 New Money-Saving 'V GlM.A.C. TIME PAYMENT PLAN Compart CWofcf'i Inn MM prion and low hwhii rayunu. 1 HERTFORD, N. C.
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