She was soft and lovely — she attracted men — and she attracted murder
Month: November 2013
Shot In The Dark
This unusual cover painting is based on a scene in “The Halfling”, tense tale of the passionate struggle between a man who thought he was tough… and a woman who wasn’t as soft as she looked… nor as human.
Trial by Marriage (Original Title: Two of a Kind)
He knew dogs — and this one was vicious — but he had to learn about women!
Too Hot To Handle
Death and dames on the loose!
Three Times A Victim
He Wouldn’t Lie Down And Die
A Night for Treason
He Traded In Secrets, She In Lives
The Last Planet (Original Title: Star Rangers)
Diplomatic Corpse
It looks like “diplomatic corps”, see?
Dyno-Wheel Motor Bus
Promising to revolutionize the field of motor transportation, the new Dyno-Wheel bus operates upon practically the same principle as the tiny “Dynasphere” auto which was successfully built by Dr. J. A. Purves of Taunton, England, some years ago.
A single huge drum wheel supports the car at high speeds. Control wheels on either side are raised or lowered in response to the steering gear, to tip the bus slightly and change the direction of travel. Small fore and aft wheels come into action only when stopping or starting. A stabilizing fin keeps the car level at high speeds.
Spinning Top Plane
Aero-Drive Monorail Express
Obviously, I usually focus on the covers of these magazines, but the articles are just as amazing in their own way. In this one issue, you could read about;
600-Passenger Plane of Future to Use Underground Airport
Scientists Invent Machine To Discover How Brain Works
Professor Stays Home; Conducts Class With Two-Way Radio
Turntable Swings Autos To Pumps In Rotary Gas Station
Building Stratosphere Air-Liners
Umbrella Follows Modern Trend With “Safety” Window
Baby Bounces Through Window in “Safety” Chair
Pneumatic Tubes Shoot Hot Meals To Homes
New Projector Throws Illustrations Behind Speaker’s Back
Defense Gun Hurls Balls of Fire
Taxi Plane For Non-Stop Airlines
Aero-Drive Desert Bus Replaces Camels
Protected from tropical sand storms, desert travelers of the future may be able to whiz across the Sahara in monster 100-passenger aero-drive buses following radio beam highways. Camel caravans
would be out-moded by the standard of comfort possible in the proposed buses.
Preliminary details of this whirring, bouncing giant of the sands call for propulsion entirely by air, with a 2500 h.p. aviation engine and pusher propeller mounted atop the roof. Most unusual feature of the desert bus is a series of spherical tires on each side which would provide good traction over the shifting sands. Directly back of the propeller is a steering fin which controls the direction of the ship.
Also featuring Around the World on the New Airways of the Seas
Under-Sea Tractor-Sphere Roams Ocean Floor
Newest of mechanical monsters intended for under-sea exploration is the tractor-sphere being designed by Otis Barton, builder of the bathysphere used by Dr. William Beebe in setting a new world’s diving record of 3028 feet.
The new invention, intended to be driven into the sea from the beach level under its own power, might be classed as a bathysphere mounted on caterpillar treads. Powerful electric motors operating from sealed-in storage batteries would move this undersea tractor over the rocky slopes and pinnacles of the ocean floor.