Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained un ? opened si

First calculating machine presented to Smithsonian. Washington, D.C., March 31. An old macaroni box filled with an arrangement of wheels, rubber bands, meat skewers and staples which was the forerunner of the modern key-driven, multiple-order calculating machine, was presented to the Smithsonian Ins

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. ANNIVERSARY OF BELL TELEPHONE. FRONT: THEODORE N. VAIL AND ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL; BACK OF BELL, THOMAS A WATSON, ASSOC. WITH BELL IN EXPERIMENTS. DIAGONALLY UPWARD, RIGHT: J.J. CARTY; G.H. GROSVENOR; J.O. LaGORCE

Smithsonian receives first farm tile. Washington, D.C., May 6. Dr. C.G. Abbott of the Smithsonian Institute (left) and Professor B.B. Ross (right) Agriculture Engineer of Cornell University who dug up the 190 year old sections from the John Johnston Farm on the shore of Seneca Lake, Seneca County, N

Magna Carta deposited in Congressional Library for duration of war. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. The most cherished existing copy of the Magna Carta was today deposited in the Congressional Library here for the duration of the war by British Ambassador Lord Lothian. Librarian Archibald MacLeish, left

Newly elected heads of Gorgas Memorial Institute. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Dr. George Crile, Head of the Cleveland Ohio Clinic, right, was elected President of the Gorgas memorial Institute of Tropical Diseases at Red Cross National Headquarters this morning. With him are Admiral Cary T. Grayson

Members of Civil Aeronautics Authority inspect latest aid to airplane pilots. Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. An instrument which gives airplane pilots their height above the ground over which the plane is flying was demonstrated today to members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority by officials of the Wes

Trans-Atlantic permits handed out. Washington, D.C., April 20. The Dept. of Commerce today awarded permits to the Pan American Airways from Great Britain, Canada and the Irish Free State. These permits are all non-exclusive and convey flying rights in and out of these countries for Trans-Atlantic Ai

As Uncle Sam prepares to move his gold from the mint to his new safe in Fort Knox, Ky. Philadelphia, Jan 11/37. Edwin H. Dressel, Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint, and Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, Director of the Bureau of Mints confer preparatory to supervising the tranferring the gold in the Ph